knotty
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The BBC's own review noted that there was a disconnect between the "muscular" songs and the "existential crisis" of Styles' lyrics, concluding: "As a portrait of an artist at a crossroads, it's compellingly knotty."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Questions around pediatric use, Ms. Donnellan recognizes, are knotty: How do we balance the “significant health damage” caused by excess weight in childhood with the risks of committing children to long-term drug therapy?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The singer's infectious energy and knotty pop-rock songs have been picking up new fans in every city.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
It was while peeling a knotty hunk of ginger in a soupy kitchen that I first began to appreciate the fine art of slowing down.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
The knotty joints of his hips and shoulders stood out a good three inches from his body.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
Vocabulary lists containing knotty
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