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The apple trees collect into gnarled, black cages on the hills.—Literary Hub, 10 June 2025 Larry introduced us and Jimmie extended a gnarled hand.—Ted Janes, Outdoor Life, 29 May 2025 Every moment is brimming with whimsical detail, from lacy-white magical threads that are conjured out of thin air, to a giant talking catfish who looks like he’s made out of a colorful patchwork quilt, and glowing azure glass bottles that adorn a gnarled tree, just begging to be plucked.—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025 But there was nothing much to see: only the bare wall and some gnarled shrubs.—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gnarled
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