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Recent Examples of gnarly
Sure enough, Ray takes the hit like a champ when a mysterious assassin emerges from the shadows and fires a gnarly one off in his leg.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Contact often results in a gnarly skin rash.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants, and Warren’s gnarly attitude slugs Beane right in the feels.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
To think through a gnarly problem.
—Bydr. Joel M. Rothaizer, McC, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
Contact often results in a gnarly skin rash.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants, and Warren’s gnarly attitude slugs Beane right in the feels.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
To think through a gnarly problem.
—Bydr. Joel M. Rothaizer, McC, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnarly
Adjective
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Everyone knew it, especially when some San Francisco Giants batters took ugly hacks against it in the first inning.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Win that one, too, of course, and the No. 1-seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the best record in the NBA Eastern Conference would await to very likely only elongate the end for this Heat season and end it ugly. Do not expect a play-in to the Finals miracle run like Miami pulled off two years ago.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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PreSonus has also added something called a soft start circuit that stops the speakers from making the hideous thumping sound that some speakers can produce when they are turned on or off.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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It must be emphasized that these companies are not just enabling hideous criminal activity, but directly profiting from it.—
Aaron Ping,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
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These were disgusting, irresponsible comments by someone who is charged with overseeing public health for hundreds of millions of people.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Do not tell the patient disgusting hospital stories about your own operations or procedures.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
2 Apr. 2025
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Boston's hellish housing market could soon get even trickier to navigate.—
Steph Solis,
Axios,
1 Apr. 2025
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During the hellish month preceding his murder, the boy was also denied his prescription medications, jurors heard at the trial.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Thune also often praises wind energy—a booming industry in his home state—even though Trump considers turbines loathsome eyesores.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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In a sweet twist of irony, the series’ third episode harps on the loathsome concept of the studio note — and the oners allowed Rogen to dodge Apple’s feedback almost entirely.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Raiders endured a horrid 2024 season running the football.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2025
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Beyond the chaotic rise of every brood lies one of nature’s most grotesque manipulations — a horrid affair that keeps this species alive against the odds.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This would be a more monumental climb given the beastly nature of the Western Conference.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Orange County Register,
30 Jan. 2025
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Talbot’s reluctant transformation into the title monster and Jack Pierce’s special-effects makeup remain iconic, responsible for the dominant cultural perception of how a werewolf looks and feels — even as cinematic werewolves have become beastlier in the decades since.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The antisemitic charge is a slur in its own right, tainting a broad range of institutions with a single hateful brush.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Prater, a graduate student in her first season with the Bulldogs, appeared to disable her comment section on some of her Instagram posts after facing an influx of hateful messages following the devastating injury Watkins suffered in the first half of their second round game.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Gnarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnarly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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