knobby

Example Sentences

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Suddenly the muffin feels like it’s shrugging into a velvet robe and wool slippers, pausing at the window to take in a field of knobby pines.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

“That’s good,” he said, before pointing a knobby finger at me.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

The tree has the look of an ancient thing — knobby and gnarled and thick, so thick and tall it appeared at times like several oaks stacked on top of one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Whatever it is studio technicians do seated at those knobby soundboards, Payne achieves with acting and characterization.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2023

I noticed Old Joseph’s hands were calloused and scarred, as knobby as tree bark.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan