knotted

Example Sentences

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Think: a jersey dress with knotted ruching in an unexpected shade of green, or leather mules with an inverted heel that makes you look twice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

This Safavid-era carpet created for an ancestral shrine in northwest Iran was gifted by J. Paul Getty and is prized for its ornately knotted design featuring lamps and central medallions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Brunson's layup -- after teammate Jose Alvarado's second steal in 20 seconds -- knotted it at 103-103 with 1:26 remaining and Brunson put the Knicks up for good, 105-103, with 29 seconds left.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

Yet his discarded idea of knotted structures may still help explain one of the deepest questions in science: why anything in the universe exists at all.

From Science Daily • Dec. 7, 2025

My stomach knotted and rumbled from hunger and funny feelings.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia