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Meanings of gnarled in English

Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots.

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Usage of gnarled in English
1
For he recognized the hollow in the chalk-thegnarled thorn-thewide outlook.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
2
Now in the dusk he faced gnarled and glimmering boughs of fleece.
Kenny
3
The girls were grouped around the gnarled roots of the big tree.
Jane Allen, Junior
4
His upper body is an almost undecipherable gnarled mass of protoplasmic mush.
The thing
5
I started through the trees, moving quickly over gnarled roots and rocks.
Rise
6
The robed figure slapped Adryan across the cheek with one gnarled hand.
Sister of the dead
7
Fascinated he noted the wrinkled face, the gnarled hands, the tired eyes.
The Tarn of Eternity
8
The one on the right rubbed his jaw with a gnarled paw.
Assail
9
And Celestina stroked the lovely cloth with her gnarled and withered fingers.
Paula the Waldensian
10
A tall familiar figure walking with a staff of twisted gnarled wood.
Orb Sceptre Throne
11
The pines and spruces grew smaller, and were more rugged and gnarled.
The Young Forester
12
She clamped her gnarled hands together in an effort to calm herself.
Night Shift
13
As he turned, Silus recognised the gnarled and aged form of Belck.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
14
Mature trees crowned the rise, gripping it in gnarled fists of roots.
Blood and Bone
15
Two large gnarled hands burst out of the wood, reaching for me.
Nightingale's lament
16
Old Johnny rose and solemnly offered a gnarled hand to the preacher.
Judith of the Godless Valley
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Gnarled through the time
Gnarled across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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