GNARLED


Meaning of GNARLED in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

hand

At least not if their gnarled hands , betokening lifetimes of hard toil, are a guide.

His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.

Mrs Taxos mumbled crossly again and opened one gnarled hand on the donkey's back.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And old people, like gnarled old trees, attracted him.

At least not if their gnarled hands, betokening lifetimes of hard toil, are a guide.

He'd start with the gnarled old oak tree in the graveyard.

His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.

His hand was gnarled and bony.

Mrs Taxos mumbled crossly again and opened one gnarled hand on the donkey's back.

Omi's old head was bowed and her gnarled fingers were pressed together in prayer.

The house was called Lilac Villa, a name no one used, though the front garden contained several ancient gnarled lilac bushes.

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