gnarled
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Gnarled or elongated fingers, ungainly bodies, oddities of perspective and scale, heavy-handed outlines — these features made Neel’s work feel closer to van Gogh’s.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2021
Gnarled chunks of aluminum siding were thrown about with wood beams, many with protruding nails, and other pieces of former residences.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2017
Gnarled branches and entire small trees lay on the ground in waiting, but it was a beautiful sight.
From Forbes • Jun. 5, 2015
Gnarled by wind and weather, the whitebark pine grips the high slopes of the Pacific Northwest and the northern Rockies in such locations as the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2014
They say she will Point a long finger, Gnarled root of evilness, And stare a soft Hole in your lungs: The air leaks From this hole And climbs in the trees.
From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto
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