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• Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.From the entry aspen
• Orange trees and apricot trees huddled amid the gray-silver leaves of gnarled olive-branched trees.2013, Lynny Harris, Midbar III, page 245. From the entry olive-branched
• He roared and dismissed the class, hitting out with his old mottled gnarled niefs.1989, Anthony Burgess, The Devil's Mode. From the entry nief
• Into the gnarled uncontrolled hand swaying over the bunk the dog laid his paw.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry uncontrolled
• Sallowfaced and hardworking men with gnarled hands and thin waists.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 12, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 77. From the entry sallowfaced
• In the gnarled willow trees by the brook I saw a tiny long-tailed titmouse disappear into a fork of a tree.1983, Bernd Heinrich, In a Patch of Fireweed, page 11. From the entry long-tailed titmouse
• Their trunks were gnarled beyond belief, like those in fairybooks.1951, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin, On the green carpet. From the entry beyond belief
• The tide left curving trails of things, pickled-looking viney plants, luminous stones, and branches gnarled in artful shapes and blunted by the sea.2017, Jeannie Troll, A Clever Girl, book one, New York, N.Y.: Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 40. From the entry viney
• Up ahead three young bare-footed girls in goatskin attire and jewelried necks were moving their small flock with gnarled droving stocks quickly down the mountain.1982, Michael Tobias, Déva, a Novel, page 88. From the entry jewelried
• He pointed to a gnarled trunk.1977, Peggie Benton, Fight for the Drylands: Struggle and Achievement in Brazil, page 79. From the entry bladebreaker
• A recent arrangement of soaring glass vases, green calla lilies, green anthuriums, pale green cymbidium orchids and gnarled, sandblasted manzanita branches had guests gathered around it in awe.2009 May 23, Donna Yawching, Toronto Star. From the entry cymbidium
• She began a circuit of the dining room, peering at the baronial fireplace with its andirons the size of torture racks, and heavy oak carvers like gnarled thrones.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 215. From the entry carver
• Hedgesful of fragrant flowers are beautiful too, but nothing can attain the supreme beauty of these great gnarled trees, their black branches heaped high with scented snow.1917, Charles Henry Mackintosh, Gardens in Duluth: Rambles around the Summer City with Charles Erwin Roe […], Duluth, Minn.…. From the entry hedgeful
• He saw a gnarled old woman vigorously scrubbing a very dirty boy, who squirmed under the rough usage and screwed up his eyes and mouth to keep out the soap.1910, The Poster, Poster Advertising Association, Notable Poster Illustrations, page 17. From the entry come

Meaning of gnarled

1. adjective Knotty and misshapen.
2. adjective Made rough by age or hard work.

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How do you use gnarled in a sentence?

Gnarled is used as an adjective. For example: “Above a certain elevation, the aspens gave way to scrubby, gnarled pines.”

What is a short sentence with gnarled?

“He pointed to a gnarled trunk.”

What does gnarled mean?

Gnarled means knotty and misshapen.