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