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.