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Gnarled in a sentence

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Sentence count:50Posted:2017-02-15Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: knottedruggedSimilar words: harlequinsnarlodorlessmore or lessearlypearlgnashharlotMeaning: [nɑrld /nɑːld]  adj. used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots. 
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(1) His hands were gnarled with arthritis.
(2) The old man drew a long gnarled finger across his throat.
(3) The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws.
(4) And old people, like gnarled old trees, attracted him.
(5) His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.
(6) His hand was gnarled and bony.
(7) Gnarled old apple trees on one side of them, beech trees, sloping upward, on the other.
(8) One summer night we sat outside under the gnarled 100-year-old trees and talked while his mom finished fixing dinner.
(9) We step over gnarled roots, and the wet grasses brush against us as we walk.
(10) Mrs Taxos mumbled crossly again and opened one gnarled hand on the donkey's back.
(11) Growing close to the house was a gnarled locust tree.
(12) He'd start with the gnarled old oak tree in the graveyard.
(13) And the verse is accordingly irregular and gnarled and yet sappy(Sentencedict), far more like growing timber than like steel rails.
(14) Omi's old head was bowed and her gnarled fingers were pressed together in prayer.
(15) The gnarled tree trunks-white mulberry and rich brown acacia-formed a perilous and nearly impenetrable net.
(16) If you can find a gnarled peasant woman making shabby artefacts from twigs, point your readers in her direction.
(17) His hands were gnarled, and his legs were covered with sores.
(18) Three rocks, a gnarled pine tree, raked white sand: awe.
(19) At least not if their gnarled hands, betokening lifetimes of hard toil, are a guide.
(20) Gnarled old men ignore the chaos sipping coffee and chatting with fishermen as they untangle their nets.
(21) I met a gnarled old sea captain yesterday.
(22) The wind has gnarled this old tree.
(23) What then, you may ask, is a gnarled walker?
(24) Lightning floodlights gnarled trees and a giant iron bell. Monks with umbrellas flit about in robes and slippers.
(25) The elderly white - haired officer had the gnarled and menacing brow and blazing, powerful eyes.
(26) Inside the funeral program was a black-and-white photograph of the gnarled hands of an elderly man.
(27) Only occasionally does it become necessary to cut out main stems, such as when they become old, gnarled and barky.
(28) The house was called Lilac Villa, a name no one used, though the front garden contained several ancient gnarled lilac bushes.
(29) The Dark World is sort of a negative image of Light World, with gnarled trees, twisted creatures, and deviously degenerate dungeons.
(30) Unless you are writing something very avant-garde – all gnarled, snarled and "obscure" – be alert for possibilities of paragraphing.
More similar words: harlequinsnarlodorlessmore or lessearlypearlgnashharlotparlournearlygarlicsignalearlierclearlyCharliewarlordparlancenot nearlysnarestagnatepregnantstagnantsimilarlyregularlycanarylunarindignantmalignantrepugnantforeign aid
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