gnarled

Example Sentences

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They have no gnarled sporting director, they don't have a brains-trust that a club like Celtic should have.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.

From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026

That made it something of a shock to hear the gnarled aggression of Black Sabbath, Tool, Metallica and other blazing rock anthems close out episodes of Noah Hawley’s blockbuster TV adaptation.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Looking at a picture of young Keith, gaptoothed and geeky, beside old Keith, as gnarled as Yoda, is a lesson in the nature of time, in what the years can do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

He climbed two limbs up and reached into a gnarled old knot that had doubled as a squirrel’s nest.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King