gnarled

Example Sentences

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A gnarled pine tree sprouts from the mask’s head in place of hair; at the roots nestle a pair of turtles.

From New York Times

They reach down like gnarled fingers in the heat of storms, ripping trees from the ground and blowing cars off the road, picking up Kansas farmhouses and transporting them to the land of Oz.

From New York Times

It would take weeks for the parish to restore electricity and running water, and even longer to drag away the mountains of gnarled debris that lined the side of every road.

From Salon

A long piece of driftwood, plastic bags impaled on each of its gnarled branches.

From Washington Post

A big reason so many people are drawn to movies and TV shows about the End Times is that there’s something both exciting and eerie about seeing the bones of our world, gnarled and repurposed.

From New York Times