knotty
Example Sentences
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As a portrait of an artist at a crossroads, it's compellingly knotty.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
What Thompson-Hernández’s art so easily dispels, no matter the genre it finds a home in, are all the knotty, misguided and trite representations of otherness in our contemporary world.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026
But she’s a reluctant sleuth in a knotty case with a head full of noise and a shaky hand on the lighter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 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
The old man grasped the bowl in his shriveled, knotty fingers, muttering, uttering little grunts.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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