knobby

Example Sentences

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“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

The spike proteins, which form the knobby protrusions coming off the main body of the virus, are like a key that the virus uses to unlock our cells, which is how a new infection begins.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2023

“But I saw you outside earlier when Jack dropped you off, and your face was”— Vivian lifts her knobby hands, splaying her fingers—“all lit up. You were talking up a storm.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline