How to Use gnarly in a Sentence
gnarly
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The gnarly, off-road tires — Goodyear Wranglers — clawed the earth.
— Tribune News Service, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2020 -
Need to make blood and guts or maybe some gnarly scabs?
— Susan Choung, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2023 -
Against the child’s shoulder, her hand is dark and gnarly.
— Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 -
Jane and the rest of the team are in a pretty gnarly spot when Blindspot returns.
— Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 6 May 2020 -
From a gnarly lie in the rough, his third shot from 116 yards found the barranca in front of the green.
— Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023 -
Datsik brings a bass-heavy version of the gnarly noise.
— Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2017 -
My kids like that gnarly bread with whole grains and bits of nuts and shards of fossilized teeth.
— James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2018 -
The buck had bases as big as a soda can, and was a gnarly, old warrior.
— Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 23 Dec. 2020 -
And the landing zone on Jezero was strewn with gnarly rocks.
— Nicholas Schmidle, The New Yorker, 8 May 2021 -
The strong scent of the bleach and the sour taste keep insects away, along with more gnarly pests like mice and rodents.
— Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2024 -
Goodbyes can be gnarly, but even the Goldbergs have to let go.
— Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023 -
A few months later Sy is in a coma with a gnarly beard.
— Zane Moses, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017 -
Meanwhile, Max’s pals in the city tangle with some gnarly cats.
— Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019 -
Meanwhile, Max's pals in the city tangle with some gnarly cats.
— Katie Walsh, latimes.com, 5 June 2019 -
Buckskin Gulch is a gnarly rip in the desert that cuts a ragged path along the Utah-Arizona border.
— David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021 -
Dubbed ‘the wave,’ this swooping style adds a gnarly twist to a typical French.
— Amber Kallor, WSJ, 20 July 2022 -
The gnarly Ed was supposed to be a silent sight-gag character.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2018 -
In the weeks following, a gnarly, pus-laden lump blossoms, then scabs and falls away.
— Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 June 2022 -
That gnarly smoothie isn't the only thing that Daniel finds hard to swallow.
— Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Jan. 2022 -
Reversing a gnarly trend The signs seemed clear — and ugly.
— Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Wrapped in a hazmat suit, she's led to the corpse of a middle-aged woman with a gnarly bite on her left leg.
— Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2023 -
There’s nothing like a steaming bowl of pho to stave off a gnarly hangover.
— James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 8 Feb. 2018 -
Take the first one at the smallest circumference point between the burr (the gnarly spot where the buck’s rack emerges from the skull) and the brow tine, or G-1.
— Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019 -
Sturdy rafters or gnarly tree branches will do just fine, as will the monkey bars at the park.
— Jay Willis, GQ, 11 Dec. 2017 -
The gnarly fescue rough is one of the top concerns, though some of it was being mowed Tuesday.
— Chadd Cripe, idahostatesman, 13 June 2017 -
But inside the horse is this gnarly, fearless cry for these characters and their place in the world.
— Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021 -
The creators of Watch Night are hardly the first to go up against such gnarly subject matter and end up in a bit of a mess.
— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Reach out to a doctor who can help figure out if cough pearls are the best course of action to treat that gnarly cough.
— Ayana Underwood, SELF, 7 Feb. 2024 -
The knotted prose is most often a reflection of gnarly states of mind.
— Chloe Schama, Vogue, 20 June 2018 -
Though the city is located hours away from the Texas coastline, surfers from around the world flock to Waco to catch some gnarly waves.
— Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2024
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