gnarled hand
Frequency: 6.01.5 per million words
describes a hand that is twisted and knobbly, often from age, hard work, or arthritis
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Examples (10)
- He reached out a gnarled hand to help me up.
- Her gnarled hand trembled as she signed the document.
- With a gnarled hand, the fisherman mended the net by lantern light.
- I held his gnarled hand and promised we’d visit again.
- The sculptor captured every vein of a gnarled hand in bronze.
- Years of toil had left him with a gnarled hand that still worked wonders.
- She wrapped her gnarled hand around the cane and stood slowly.
- A gnarled hand knocked at the door just after midnight.
- Even a gnarled hand can play a lullaby with astonishing tenderness.
- Doctors say her gnarled hand may loosen after therapy.