knot
Example Sentences
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Roughly a third of Americans who have tied the knot said their first marriage ended in divorce, according to a Pew Research Center report that uses 2023 data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
That feeling can present in many ways — rumination, a knot in your throat or your chest, an unease in your stomach, the tensing of muscles.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
‘There is no clean analog for a disruption of this size moving through such a strategically vital artery, with multiple state actors, military uncertainty and global energy infrastructure all tied into the same risk knot.’
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
Malcolm Day and Sarah Brooks are due to tie the knot in September after meeting on holiday in Blackpool in June 2024.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
In the lamplight his cheeks had a rosy glow, but his hands, clenched in a knot, were white.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Vocabulary lists containing knot
"A Night to Remember," Vocabulary from the history writing
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"A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord
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"Coal" by Audre Lorde
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