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  • noun Plural form of gnarl.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnarl.

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Examples

  • Perhaps no tissue in the human body is more radiation sensitive than the "gnarls" cells of the developing and mature ovarian follicles in human female ovaries.

    Microwave Technology: An End to the Human Race 2008

  • As I looked at the leaves and branches and gnarls, it came to me with distressing vividness that I had seen that same kind of tree many and countless times n my sleep.

    CHAPTER I 2010

  • The old willow's knotted gnarls and stumps, like so many hands, palpated all over Miss Maszkeradi's steel-spring body.

    A beautiful excerpt from Sunflower 2008

  • The old willow's knotted gnarls and stumps, like so many hands, palpated all over Miss Maszkeradi's steel-spring body.

    A Different Stripe: 2008

  • The jazz riffs on Jackson, Ray Charles's old playground, were gnarls and mutters in dreams as the squarejohns slept on.

    Dry Rot 2010

  • Once past the outer ear, the creature gnarls past the eardrum, ultimately reaching the brain, where it begins to feed; a most extremely ghastly, excruciating way to die.

    The earwig and soldier suicide 2009

  • March 30th, 2006 at 10:38 pm i have heard of gnarls barkley huuuuge in the UK for the past 2 months or so. i think “crazy” is the only single released at the moment. good stuff.

    Steak Sauce | YepYep - Your Daily Waste Of Time 2006

  • His feet curled inward while the large gnarls tipped him unsteadily forward and back.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • His feet curled inward while the large gnarls tipped him unsteadily forward and back.

    The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003

  • Western pine is cleaner, fewer gnarls, less character.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2003

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