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knobby

[nob-ee] / ˈnɒb i /
ADJECTIVE
knobbed
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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Striding forward, his sturdy right hand clutches a knobby wooden walking stick, cut from a tree branch and stripped.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

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

From Slate • Oct. 24, 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

Pepper X has been in the works since Currie last set the hottest pepper record in 2013 with the Carolina Reaper, a bright red knobby fruit with what aficionados call a scorpion tail.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff