adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hand
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At least not if their gnarled hands , betokening lifetimes of hard toil, are a guide.
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His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.
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Mrs Taxos mumbled crossly again and opened one gnarled hand on the donkey's back.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And old people, like gnarled old trees, attracted him.
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At least not if their gnarled hands, betokening lifetimes of hard toil, are a guide.
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He'd start with the gnarled old oak tree in the graveyard.
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His gnarled hands throttled the bulwarks.
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His hand was gnarled and bony.
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Mrs Taxos mumbled crossly again and opened one gnarled hand on the donkey's back.
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Omi's old head was bowed and her gnarled fingers were pressed together in prayer.
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The house was called Lilac Villa, a name no one used, though the front garden contained several ancient gnarled lilac bushes.