gnarled trunk
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describes a tree trunk that is twisted and has many knots
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- The old oak's gnarled trunk split the sunlight into ribbons.
- The ancient oak had a gnarled trunk, testament to centuries of storms.
- She traced the gnarled trunk with her fingers, feeling centuries in the wood.
- Clinging to the cliff, a resilient pine displayed its gnarled trunk.
- A woodpecker hammered on the gnarled trunk at dawn.
- Children loved to climb the old tree with its rough, gnarled trunk.
- The poet likened his resilience to a gnarled trunk weathered by storms.
- The artist carved intricate patterns into the gnarled trunk of the fallen redwood.
- We picnicked in the shade of the gnarled trunk by the river.
- Beneath the canopy, a massive gnarled trunk rose towards the sky.
- Lightning had scarred the gnarled trunk, but the tree kept growing.
- Years of harsh weather had twisted the tree's trunk into a gnarled masterpiece.
- The child sketched a tree with a gnarled trunk and sprawling branches.
- She traced the deep grooves on the gnarled trunk with her fingertips.
- Rangers measured the gnarled trunk to estimate the tree’s age.
- A ghostly figure seemed to emerge from the shadows of the gnarled trunk.
- Leaning against the gnarled trunk, he caught his breath after the climb.
- The forest floor was littered with branches from trees with gnarled trunks.
- In the courtyard stood an olive with a gnarled trunk thick as a doorway.
- Despite its gnarled trunk, the old apple tree still bore fruit every year.