| 单词 | knobby |
| 例句 | She looked like the victim of a famine—limbs like sticks, swollen knees and knobby elbows, rags for clothes, broken fingernails and toenails. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His face is cut and bruised, deep reddish-brown bruises; the flesh is swollen and knobby, stubbled with unshaven beard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Hesitantly it reached a knobby hand toward her, and another bright flash sent it staggering away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “But I saw you outside earlier when Jack dropped you off, and your face was”— Vivian lifts her knobby hands, splaying her fingers—“all lit up. You were talking up a storm.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “What’s the last joke? Undo the bundle and see, Meg,” said Beth, eying the knobby parcel with curiosity. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The branches were slick with rain, but they were sturdy and had knobby, flowered handholds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Its trunk was wide and knobby, and its leaves kept her mostly dry from the rain. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I lifted my hand and guided it lightly down the length of knobby bones between his shoulder blades. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “What? You had those knobby knees, and your front teeth were so big, you could barely shut your mouth.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She saw cloth bags in knobby mounds; they looked like gnomes but were not gnomes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z His finger rose six inches to the knobby beginning of a branch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Clary was tall and solid, with big hands and knobby knuckles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z James pointed to a bookcase raised on knobby feet that made up the arts and crafts section. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He had skinny, sunburned legs and knobby knees. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They are knobby and crooked, thin-skinned, and—like my ruined face—covered with liver spots. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Mama had gone to bed, and Dyedka carved at the end of his walking stick with a knife, forming a goat’s head out of the knobby top. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Shriveled with age, she clutched the rope in bony hands with knobby knuckles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Odin, father of the gods, held on to his staff with knobby, arthritic fingers, blue-veined and twisted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then he saw her — his sister, no shadow; her arms reached up the trembling car hood, the rough motor endowing her fine fingers, her knobby wrists, with strangely nervous life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She touched the raised pattern with a knobby finger. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She looked at her hands, her knobby knuckles. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Thick knobby whorls of the same brown extended from the wall’s base. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few round, knobby squash had spilled from an open sack and were rolling aimlessly around on the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This close, Anya could see its knobby fingers with ragged fingernails jutting from the ends. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He was a stunted little man with knobby knees and a balding head and a nose like a used pencil eraser, and he was stark naked and slimed head to toe with sticky, translucent gel. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She found the knobby handhold there and grasped it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Now even the gentlemen go around with their white, knobby knees peeking out from under their long shirttails. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The knobby white-haired man with the little boy asked me to stop. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The curving tail of the prow was chipped and dull, the hull was battered and knobby with barnacles, the canvas dark and weathered, yet how beautiful she was! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The older farmer grinned at me and held out a pair of the knobby squash we’d been unloading. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had on a blue striped head rag and a dirty faded old feed-sack dress that blew in the wind against her knobby legs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They're in a row, three abreast, matching big ears and knobby necks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Elizabeth Manwill was an easy target for mockery: glasses perpetually sliding down her nose, forehead knobby with acne, clothes frumpy and ill fitting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The airdrome had been bombed eight months before, and knobby slabs of white stone rubble had been bulldozed into flat- topped heaps on both sides of the entrance through the wire fence surrounding the field. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He looks down his thin legs his knobby knees his worn leather shoes no shoelaces the grass the dirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “It looked just the way it does now. A clearing, lots of sunshine, that big tree with all those knobby roots. We stopped and everyone took a drink, even the horse.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The onlookers crowded forward as bales and barrels and knobby bundles were passed over the sides into their eager hands. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I felt my knobby wrists rubbing together painfully, felt my groin ache and the hair on my legs yanked off when Coach Raskin removed the tape. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He was a whole head taller than Bobby Gene, but he was scrawny, with long, knobby limbs like a praying mantis. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I lean against the knobby tree trunk for support. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z McGuinty braces his knobby hands on the edge of the table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z When we bow, he touches our heads lightly with his knobby, be-ringed hands, and then we rise. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He turned his knobby walnut head and hawked on the pavement. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z There are old, broad fir trunks with knobby twists in their bark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Searching for the sight of one of those ugly, knobby squash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At eye level, right on the knobby bark. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe everybody’s skull is knobby and weird underneath their hair, but on Jasper Jr. it made him look even meaner. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Great-uncle Edisto extended a knobby hand to me and winced as he pulled me to my feet. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That girl—” She shakes her knobby finger at me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z James pointed to a bookcase raised on knobby feet that made up the arts and crafts section. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He extended his knobby hand to the nurse. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nodding to the rhythm, a pair of knobby little buds in his ears. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Some had made clubs from tree limbs, or carved knobby staffs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Those knees in Mr. Kreuk's basement room had no scars; they were smooth and white and knobby. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It looked, Alexander wrote, “like a charred, knobby broomstick.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an unusual piece of decoration, that was for sure—beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Suddenly a loggerhead stuck up its knobby brown head. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was small and leathery looking, with a large, knobby, bald head exactly like a potato. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Sure,” Ernie said, nibbling on the knobby part of a chicken leg. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He runs, full speed ahead, his knobby knees pumping like pistons, the back of his T-shirt flying out behind him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Jon could almost see her in that moment, long-faced and gawky, all knobby knees and sharp elbows, with her dirty face and tangled hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The brown mustache, the knobby chin, the sallow yellowed flesh and small dark eyes, all melted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Beige and cracked and knobby, as wide as a rib of celery and as long as a pencil. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Kevin’s eyes shone bright and wet. “There are still good people,” he whispered, astonished at such an act of trust. We left coins in exchange for some small knobby gourds. Our last Thanksgiving 2012-11-23T01:00:00Z Your belly pooches out, ever more parabolic, while your legs dwindle down to mere sticks, two knobby rods with the surface tension of plucked poultry. Does This Swimsuit Make Me Look Fat? 2011-06-08T20:34:03Z “With his diminutive stature, knobby features and avuncular paunch, he looked more like the neighborhood butcher than, say, the dashing Duke of Mantua,” The Washington Post wrote of Mr. Bergonzi in 2004. Carlo Bergonzi, Masterful Operatic Tenor, Dies at 90 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Lise watched it, a long, knobby white hand, the back covered with fine red hairs, the nails cut off short and a little dirty. Read Madeleine L'Engle's "Summer Camp," which kickstarted the "A Wrinkle in Time" author's career 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z This young woman’s mom must have lived in tweedy Chanel-esque suits, for that knobby fabric kept popping up as inserts in chiffon or lace. Fashion Review: Dior Lightens Up That Old New Look 2012-03-02T18:57:24Z Sometimes it feels as if the surrounding forest, thick with knobby spruce trees, is encroaching on the city, like nature has forgotten anyone lives there at all. HBO's Swedish import "Beartown" is a chilling interrogation of the power we give young, athletic men 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The knobby fullness of the surrounding hills resembles rising bread. At Berryessa National Monument, Wildflowers and Rebirth 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z She refused to airbrush the bags from under models’ eyes or de-emphasize their knobby knees. Corinne Day, Photographer of Kate Moss, Is Dead 2010-09-01T17:20:00Z Suddenly there are knobby little horns growing out of his head. Books of The Times: A Devil Who Takes the Side of Angels 2010-02-25T00:18:00Z Four routes, from 400 to 800 vertical feet high, allow climbers to navigate the weathered, knobby granite. Coming Soon to an American Cliff Near You: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z But in late autumn it bursts forth in white flowers and knobby little fruits in shades from orange to red. Hardy, colorful shrubs will brighten any drab day 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z He liked the roots knobby texture and, without saffron at hand, felt excited by the prospect of its sun-colored hue. My dad puts turmeric in his risotto — and now I do too 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z When the pieces started to separate, she turned her attention to a basket of vegetables, selecting red chiles, tomatoes, purple onions and a knobby finger of ginger that she pounded in a granite pestle. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z His show on the third day of Paris Fashion Week was strong in its long-line images, its focus on knobby fabrics and even insets of fur. Fashion Review: Rick Owens and a Vibe From the Tribe 2012-03-01T19:23:40Z “Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement,” with about 100 objects, shows how his woodworkers enlivened dark planes with carved foliage, knobby iron hardware, green tiles and inlaid pewter strips. Antiques: A Fantasy Movie House Is Saved From Extinction 2010-09-16T21:00:00Z The Margiela jacket was widely copied and certainly the knobby shape of the shoulder was original. Schumer Bill Seeks to Protect Fashion Design 2010-08-06T02:43:00Z The interior designer Kelly Wearstler capitalized on the Spanish and Moorish elements with archways and inlays, smooth stone, knobby wood and lots of low-slung seating. 5 New Standout Hotels in Los Angeles 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Whatever it is studio technicians do seated at those knobby soundboards, Payne achieves with acting and characterization. ‘The Holdovers’ Review: Three Sad Souls Stranded for Christmas 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z When Phillip Hart bought 42 acres here 20 years ago on a set of steep, knobby hillsides, it seemed like a fine place to put a vineyard. A Tale of Two Vineyards 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Mostly though, I contented myself bytaking in the views overlooking the canal — knobby chestnut trees, vagrant homeless camps and all. A Paris Farewell 2011-03-25T18:55:10Z Mr. Tumay spotted what first looked like a caiman, but without a knobby nose. On a Colombian Savanna, Hawks, Caimans and So Many Stars 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z My legs hung over his knobby old knees. That was when I lost my body: The open-marriage request that opened my eyes 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z In some, blemishes are visible, the knobby, occasionally herringbone surfaces recalling burlap, trousers and other fabrics that have been repurposed as paintings. John Currin has a way with awkwardness 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z With their bulging eyes, bushy tails, long muzzles and slender, knobby fingers, lemurs look like a cross between a tabby cat and E.T. Spare Times for Children for April 11-17 2014-04-10T23:03:12Z The first, “A Candle in Her Room,” by Ruth M. Arthur, was about a little English girl, Melissa, who finds a very old, knobby wooden doll, called Dido, in an attic. The Uneasy Verse of Stevie Smith 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Her dumplings are sturdy, knobby, domestic creatures in the Northern Chinese tradition. Restaurant Review: Dumpling Galaxy in Queens 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z In the new show at the institute, the vessels and sculptures are knobby, horned, gnarled and faceted, and trimmed in motifs based on ancient Greek fretwork, acanthus leaves and frilly seashells. Antiques: The Ceramists Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain on View 2012-08-16T20:43:06Z None of those fancy, knobby chicken sage sausages they sell in the local delis in Malibu. Seal: ‘Heidi Klum cooked schnitzel for me. Just the once’ 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Painters set up their easels there, under the knobby arms of plane trees. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z To prep it, you trim the knobby brown roots and any dark, pocked parts, then peel the rest. Celery root looks gnarly, but it deserves the star treatment in your fall cooking 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z He has large ears, knobby knees, a softly rounded belly and dark, soft eyes that see the world in blunt terms. ‘EO’ Review: Imagining the Lives of Other Creatures 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Shrimp and knobby mushrooms simmer in a broth that gets extra body from milk, a twist I’ve never seen before but one I approve of. Thai Food Strikes Out in a Fresh Direction at Fish Cheeks 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z A walk around the garden is a lesson in the diversity of things that can thrive in this climate: tiny turkey figs, knobby atemoya, towering banana trees. 2010-01-15T22:44:00Z About 20 Duckworth pieces will be featured, priced from $8,500 to $85,000, including creamy hemispherical vessels a few inches tall and ridged, knobby murals. Antiques: Horace Walpole?s London Home Is Restored 2010-04-15T21:29:00Z Suh Se Ok, 89, uses a traditional ink brush to paint heavily blotted calligraphic abstractions, some composed of just a few strokes, on knobby mulberry paper. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Pepper X has been in the works since Currie last set the hottest pepper record in 2013 with the Carolina Reaper, a bright red knobby fruit with what aficionados call a scorpion tail. Pepper X marks the spot as South Carolina pepper expert scorches his own Guinness Book heat record 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z The spike proteins, which form the knobby protrusions coming off the main body of the virus, are like a key that the virus uses to unlock our cells, which is how a new infection begins. How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86? 4 questions answered 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z She neared what had been a promising colony of knobby brain coral, tiny and dome-shaped with undulating ridges. Florida's coral is in hot water. Scientists are diving in to rescue the fragile creatures before it's too late 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The lake and its surroundings were protected as parkland in large part to preserve the lake’s tufa towers — knobby limestone spires that rise high above the water’s surface and make for a wonderfully Seussian sight. Five State Parks to Visit This Summer 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Both the tender, thin-sliced barbecue pork and fried tofu/knobby marinated mushrooms were layered on in a generous portion, especially given the sub-$6 price. These banh mi and meat pies in Othello are some of Seattle’s best $6-and-under meal deals 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z On foggy Bay Area mornings, I watch pale light break through the cloud cover and illuminate jewel-like droplets of water condensing on these knobby reeds. 10 Californians tell us what brought them comfort and joy in 2022 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Kids and adults mingled, decked out in helmets and bike shorts, straddling rugged bikes with wide, knobby tires. Cheasty Trail System opens in South Seattle after contentious, yearslong saga 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z A black cat sits contently on the knobby end of a banister. Jean-Jacques Sempé, whimsical illustrator of New Yorker covers, dies at 89 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z Gravel bikes feature gearing and geometry similar to road bikes and the wider, knobby tires of a mountain bike. What gravel cycling is and why you should give it a try 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z These are not your grocery store lemons — they are knobby and primordial-looking; can grow to the size of basketballs; and are sweeter than most other lemons, with a thicker, less-bitter pith. Make your own Limoncello for a tart sip of Italian sunshine 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Almost every part is used, cut down into knobby little pieces, bones and all. Chicken and Potatoes With Commanding Flavor 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Poking around in the peat, he picked up a six-inch-tall bronze figurine with an egg-shaped head, looped arms, knobby breasts and a nose that would make an anteater envious. A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Not too crusty, not too knobby, so artless as to be almost invisible. What designers have been doing at home during the pandemic 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Over the course of several months, the insects produced a glittering suite of knobby spires in electric shades of blue, violet, yellow, orange and green. An Artist Who Disavows the Possibility of Individual Agency 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z You’ve seen them parked in front of your local cafe — tall, brawny motorcycles with knobby tires, often accessorized with rugged aluminum side cases. A New Era Dawns for Harley-Davidson 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Mountain Bikes - Rugged machines with flat handlebars and wide, knobby tires for riding narrow dirt trails. Bicycle industry still booming a year into the pandemic 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z Both shots contain bits of genetic material that spur the body to manufacture spike proteins, the knobby protrusions on the coronavirus’s surface. Had COVID? You may need only one dose of vaccine, study suggests 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z A highly modified Jeep Cherokee SUV with no driver’s door, large knobby tires and generous clearance took to the course. Tour de Farm: a playground for muddy buddies on wheels in Carnation 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z Some are smooth and crown shaped, others resemble knobby, oversize gourds. Fall can still be fun: Where to safely find pumpkins, festivals and frights 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Gone are the days of giraffe feedings, peering into telescopes to spy on zebras, or crowding along the fence to watch knobby flamingos stretch their wings. L.A. Zoo reopens, but visitors have to stay one zebra apart 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The knobby flamingos, often in a hue of pink, fall into this category. After a tiger in New York contracted coronavirus, L.A. Zoo is taking extra precautions 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z As shamelessly bawdy ex-Young British Artist Sarah Lucas thunders towards her 60s, she talked to us about knobby guys, life in metal-detecting country – and coping with all her hair falling out last year. Leonardo's dreams, pick of the podcasts and female sculptors – the week in art 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z She looks young and joyful; her knobby knees — her girlhood — caught in motion. Letter of Recommendation: Framing 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z With their knobby tires, mountain bikes can carve ruts into trails, trample vegetation, widen paths and accelerate erosion, especially after rains. Fed up with Forest Service cuts, Mammoth Lakes and other towns are plotting a recreation takeover 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The ground levelled off, dipping and rising in knobby hillocks among bushes and outcroppings of rock. “Poetry” 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Apple and pear trees, at the other extreme, bear fruit on long-lived, very short, knobby branches, called spurs, so need little such annual stimulus. For plenty of delicious fruit, be sure to prune fruit trees 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z “I guarantee you, Administrator Long,” Cummings said, raising his hand and pointing a long, knobby finger, “this hearing will not be your last before this committee.” These Democrats Will Soon Have the Power to Investigate the White House. How Far Will They Go? 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z He has the fingers of a deckhand, knobby and leathery; Sanjay, who looks almost delicate in comparison, wondered how they ended up as a pair. The Friendship That Made Google Huge 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z There on the knobby battlefield I considered the living and dead of our country, and the complicated, deep-running fissures that define it. The historical roots of the US rural-urban divide run deep | Eliza Griswold 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z This stone has the same knobby appearance; Stanford says it's the cast of a second baby, formed when the tiny creature drowned in a flood. How to find fossils: Lessons from a self-taught dinosaur tracker 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z But one type of bicycle that is rarely seen is a mountain bike — its knobby tires too cumbersome in Midtown traffic, its handlebars too wide to squeeze between taxi cabs. Building an Urban Escape Vehicle 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z New Yorkers welcomed speckled Asian pears; papaya with its lode of dripping black seeds; rough-skinned litchi disclosing creamy white flesh; knobby cherimoya with guts of custard; star fruit with its sharp angles and plasticized shine. How the Kiwi Changed New York’s Food Scene 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z And when the flour went in, I hovered over the bowl and switched the machine off the instant the dough shifted from knobby to almost cohesive. Elevating the Humble Cookie 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z His pink toes, rimmed with yellow calluses, were long and knobby. The man who went on a hike – and never stopped walking 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Police found Krentz’s body on a knobby wash six miles east of Arizona Highway 80. Death on the border: Arizona used rancher's killing to justify harsh immigration laws, but the truth of the case is unclear 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z We’ll still blitz in important situations, pounce on fumbles and body roll into the quarterback’s knobby knees. 60 can be extremely sexy — at least, if it's played right 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Wine grown on knobby vines, and aged in a dark cellar. The Real Soylent Sickness 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z He got a bike, a Giant cross bike, with knobby tires on a road frame meant for fire roads, but not necessarily single track. Lawyer who grew up with asthma bikes, climbs 105 peaks 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Frances White, a biological anthropologist at the University of Oregon, once watched a female bonobo turn a stick into a kind of knobby “French tickler,” with which she then stimulated herself. Beware the Bonds of Female Bonobos 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Other specialized unicycles include mountain unicycles, or Munis - the unicycle equivalent of a mountain bike, with fat, knobby tires - and giraffes, chain-driven unicycles that range between 4 feet and 8 feet tall. Wheel appeal: Local unicycle club rolling along 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Finally, Bob DeVenezia, 70, crouched down in front of Hanks, resting his elbows on his knobby knees, feeling Hanks’ hands placed on his back. 4 Marines come together after 50 years for the perfect photo 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Bleached pelvic crests and the knobby ends of shins poked up from the humus alongside an unbroken wishbone. The Looming Threat of Avian Flu 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z One knobby tower in the Pacific Ocean, nicknamed Godzilla, grew 15 stories high. The 40,000-Mile Volcano 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He admires Fish Bar, in the East Village, not for its seven-dollar shot-and-beer deals but for its burnished, knobby “mattress” radiators. The Joy of Steam Heat 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Some people may not consider this red-tailed knobby newt beautiful, but it plays an important role in its ecosystem. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The bald cypress produces the knobby, cone-shaped structures from its underground or submerged roots. Cypress knees destroy water meters, sewer lines in city 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Except the huge egg houses a tiny, terrified runt with knobby knees and worried eyes. ‘The Good Dinosaur’ fails to live up to the Pixar promise 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z From October to June, he lives with other seasonal migrant workers in a crowded and dilapidated house in this Eastern Shore town, turning piles of knobby black shells into buckets of shimmering flesh. Why a liberal senator is siding with employers in a bitter labor dispute 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z These were the thoughts I chewed over when I nearly collided with a tall, loose-limbed man in denim overalls who walked with a knobby cane. Out of the Woods 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Some people may not consider this red-tailed knobby newt beautiful, but it plays an important role in its ecosystem. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s that knobby orange thing that looks like a cross between a small piece of ginger and a carrot. Getting to the Root of the Turmeric Trend 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Sea otters were doing the backstroke, their knobby heads bobbing like buoys. The Movie Star and the Missing Totem Pole 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Barziloski prefers Dr. McAuley’s proposal because it would lead to detailed knowledge about local air quality, which can vary considerably in the knobby hills and valleys of the Endless Mountains. State eyes air study near fracking sand facility 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z These galls—hollow knobby growths of plant tissue that swell in response to thrips—protect insects from the outside weather. Australian insects build houses to keep from drying out 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Some people may not consider this red-tailed knobby newt beautiful, but it plays an important role in its ecosystem. See Photos of Endangered Animals Projected Onto The Vatican 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Now, she wouldn’t move, her thin, knobby fingers resting on the coverlet. Her Own Kind of Absence 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z “This is really good,” Phillips said of her burger, a mix of turkey, ground grasshopper, spices and — for crunch — whole grasshoppers, bulgy eyes, knobby knees and all. Occidental restaurant serves bugs to raise money for DC Central Kitchen, combat hunger Bezzina’s van, a boxy 12-seat Ford, would look at home in a church parking lot if not for the knobby antennas on top and the route decaled in yellow across its doors: “Connecting the Future.” Americans and their cars: A love affair on fumes? 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z But the knobby chew toy is priced around $30 in China, nearly three times the price in France. Fearing contamination, Chinese pay more for imported infant goods 2013-07-07T02:54:13Z In the center, all that knobby topography down by the river is the debris avalanche. 33 Years Ago Today... 2013-05-19T16:45:05.647Z We watched our boys at their basketball games, forgetting the scoreboard and just watching them, their knobby knees and puppy energy, their exuberant fist-bumps and crooked grins. Common-sense gun control: Even the NRA should back this 2013-02-06T22:50:00Z The forehead is high and knobby and covered in a darker fur. Thomas Pierce: “Shirley Temple Three.” 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z On the Boardwalk, things were bustling with joggers, walkers and local residents riding beach-cruiser bicycles with fat, knobby tires and longhorn handlebars. After Sunset, Rockaway Is a Whole New Beach 2012-08-01T01:46:53Z And with a "No offence, your honour!" and a clumsy salute, the two catchpolls lounged away, the one a pace behind the other, his knobby stick still in his mouth, and his sharp eyes everywhere. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Coote was deeply moved, and he pressed Kipps' palm and laid a knobby, white hand on his shoulder and displayed the sort of tenderness becoming in a crisis. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z A thick knobby post stood among the grass, its top about a foot above the level of the stalks. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z Mawmaw strokes her tusks and knobby forehead, brushing loose strands away from her dark eyes. Thomas Pierce: “Shirley Temple Three.” 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z In addition to the main bulb, above about the size of a small grapefruit, my fibroids were knobby and growing 'appendages'. Chemical relaxers linked to high uterine fibroid risks among African-American Women? I doubt it 2012-03-02T14:45:00.257Z The nails were discolored, knobby, easily bleeding and covered with a gluey eruption. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z A pair of long knobby hose were laid out upon the coverlet and their contents examined with delight, though each knew every blessed thing that had been put into the other's stocking. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z A knobby burl creates a humpback and an elbowed branch seems to flex its muscle. City Room: A Ghostly Architecture of Naked Trees 2011-12-09T17:30:46Z He kneels down by the mammoth, runs his hand through the hair, caresses its knobby forehead. Thomas Pierce: “Shirley Temple Three.” 2012-12-17T05:00:00Z Nothing like big knobby tires and plenty of ground clearance to joust with mother nature. Jeep Wrangler’s $34,000 Convertible Plows Snow, Digs Dirt: Cars 2011-12-01T15:25:45Z Then he spotted his mountain for the first time—Bokan—just a shadow, then a soaring, knobby granite peak punching up through the dense spruce. Alaska’s Billion Dollar Mountain 2011-10-27T21:00:39Z The flowers of the sweet gum are knobby little bunches; the swinging balls covered with curving horns contain the winged seeds, small but shaped like the key of the maple. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Cavity regular, brown, this color extending over the base of the fruit; Stem medium, often thick and knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z A knock at one of these, opened by a bald, pale, elderly man, with a knobby nose and several chins. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z As she puffed out the angry words, Rachel struggled with the baggage, and finally shot through with the release of the knobby portmanteau 68 that held her precious property. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z Her light brown hair was parted in the middle and rolled on each side into a thick, knobby plait in the back. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z A beggar's sack hangs down over his ragged clothing, his hand holds a knobby stick. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z Cavity wide, deep, wavy, brown; Stem short, thick, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z "I don't care what people say about me," she says, making a throwaway motion with a hand misshapen with arthritis, knobby fingers and discolored nails. South Africa's 'first lady' of aging disease 2011-09-08T23:34:04Z Then Winona went into one Japanese store alone, and came out with a bagful of paper lanterns and a knobby bundle which she refused to undo or show. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z He could also locate truffles six inches underground—the big knobby ones which grow under oak trees, and the little potato-like ones which smell so strong, and are found under laurels in Knockdane. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Then, distorting his pockets with the knobby bundles, and giving her the flowers to hold, he put up the old umbrella, and they travelled on again. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z Cavity wide, but often lipped, brown; Stem short, very thick, clubbed or knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z She put up her hand and encountered a cold and knobby object. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z I fancied that big knobby we got from George Woods; do you remember? The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Satisfied, so far, that I was unlikely to return, I went to sleep, and, despite the knobby nature of my couch, slumbered serenely. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z Mr. Caslon leaped nimbly to one side and whacked the goat savagely across the back with his knobby stick. Ruth Fielding At Sunrise Farm What Became of the Raby Orphans 2011-06-14T02:00:19.177Z Cavity acute, wavy; Stem short to medium, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z At the sound of a footstep, the man pushed his hat downward, revealing a knobby forehead and half-closed eyes in which there was a touch of somberness, of brooding. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z If he had been working, and happened on a knobby, or a bit of black potch with a light or two in it, Paul was like a child, crazy with happiness. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Dot unhooked her own and her sister’s stockings and then jumped down, a bulky and “knobby” hose under each arm. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z Indeed, it was so small as to be a misfit, for the foot was of stupendous size, and very knobby. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Cavity narrow, regular; Stem medium to short, knobby, thick. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The old lady half rose, lifting her voluminous skirts, revealing skinny, knobby legs and--an egg! Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The brown knobby, which Michael had kept for something of a sentimental reason, because it was the first stone he had found on Fallen Star, Charley had never seen. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z "And I bet it was over these same cussed hard-heads!" cried the boy from Ohio, trying vainly to ease his car over the knobby paving-stones. Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z Why toil up this mountain when one can rest in luxury on these knobby rocks? Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z Cavity deep, acute, regular, brown; Stem medium to long, green, sometimes knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z This in spite of his clear duty to a wife and two small white knobby children. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Paul was holding up a good-looking knobby so that red, green, and gold lights glittered through its shining potch as he moved it. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z Then my chat partner, a doughy 40-something, lowers his outstretched arm, which had been out of his webcam's range, to reveal a giant knobby thing that looks like it belongs in a museum. 2010-02-17T05:00:00Z Moreover, she brought back the curvy cucumber and knobby carrot — by eliminating 20-year-old market standards that dictated the shape of vegetables. 2010-02-01T21:45:00Z Cavity wide, wavy, brown and yellow; Stem medium, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z He's also acclaimed for product designs and art installations: knobby furniture, sheets that change color under body heat, flexible glass tile panels, and wallcoverings printed with enigmatic interlocked numbers. 2008-03-14T16:28:00Z Nearly as big as a hen's egg, clean, hard opal of prismatic fires in sparkling jet, they agreed that it as the biggest and finest knobby either of them had ever seen. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The table was still covered, knobby protuberances indicating the pictures and books beneath. The Window at the White Cat But I have seen several since the sunrise, solid real men, besides a horse or so—those Unicorn things you know, without horns—and quite a number of those grotesque knobby things called 'cows.' The Wonderful Visit Cavity wide, deep, irregular, brown; Stem large, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Torose, Torulose, knobby; where a cylindrical body is swollen at intervals. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools He bought my stones, that last lot ... gave me a hundred pounds for the big knobby. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The hills have got lots of different faces: that one up there, the one with the round knobby top, has looked quite different several times this morning. Carrots: Just a Little Boy The stricken man's face was flushed and knobby, and his eyelids drooped laxly like those of a drunkard. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop Cavity acute, regular, green; Stem medium length, thick, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The head of it all is the "Deputy Shipping," and he sits, supported by an English policeman whose fists are knobby, in a great Chair of State. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel When Potch had worked it out of its socket, the knobby was found to be even bigger than they had thought at first. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z But in addition it will be desirable to understand other hitches adapted to different exigencies of bulky top packs, knobby kyacks and the like. Camp and Trail No line of beauty redeemed his lean limbs and knobby joints. Where the Pavement Ends Cavity deep, acute, regular, green; stem short to medium, sometimes knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Few things are more amusing than the spectacle of a burly Tyneside foreman who, failing to dodge round a corner in time, is "put down" by the wind, sitting-fashion, on a knobby lump of coal. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He could not understand why Potch was not fired by the beauty of the thing he had won, or with pride at having found the biggest knobby ever taken out of the fields. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The Lone Packer or Basco Hitch.—This is a valuable hitch when the kyacks are heavy or knobby, because the last pull lifts them away from the horse's sides. Camp and Trail A man—though more like a naked, starving ape with his knobby joints and the bones in a rack under his black skin—and shaken now by the ecstasy of terror! Where the Pavement Ends Cavity deep, acute, green; Stem long, slender, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z All his limbs were huge and yet emaciated, and I could not take my gaze from his knobby wrists, and long, gnarled hands. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen Potch moved his candle before the chipped corner of the stones which he had worked round sufficiently to show that a knobby of some size was embedded in the wall of the mine. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z The Martian was a twisting, squirming, raging, biting, clawing, kicking wild tangle of knobby knees and knobbier elbows. The Next Time We Die Their chest lamps lit up the interior, which was as gray, knobby, and featureless as the outside world. The Giants From Outer Space Cavity medium, regular, brown; Stem long, red, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z As the sleeves drooped down from the upflung arms I saw the left plainly, but the right ended in a knobby and unsightly stump. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen The Davids were coming out in groups, clutching their teddy bears, their thin knobby legs pumping as they ran up the steps to the surface. Second Variety An’ Jack, honest to goodness if I didn’t see the head an’ knobby eyes o’ a monster scaly ’gator stickin’ up out o’ the water in the lagoon jest now. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes There was one for each finger and thumb, and all of them were set with knobby precious stones. The Barbarians Cavity acute, wavy, brown; Stem medium, sometimes knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Even there I used to wonder whether the Southerners had not given secret-service money to the alligators who occasionally stuck their knobby noses above the flood to scent our colloquies. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 David squatted by the edge of the fire, his knees knobby and white. Second Variety She put out her wrinkled hand, thin to be sure, but still slender and smooth, with no knobby joints. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart From his widely open mouth hung a thirsty mud tongue, and between his knobby knees he held an empty bowl, toward the filling of which his whole expression seemed an invocation. A Prairie Infanta Cavity acute, wavy, brown; Stem medium to long, often knobby and clubbed. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Even at that distance, I recognized Eddie Hughes, in his pink-and-white Beef Eater togs, a gilded wooden spear in his hand, a flower tassel bobbing beside that long, drab, knobby countenance of his. The Million-Dollar Suitcase Old Hurricane, on his part, sat with his thick cane grasped in his two knobby hands, standing between his knees, his grizzled chin resting upon it and his eyes cast down as in deep thought. Hidden Hand Rearing its plumed head to awesome heights, its knobby bark running with brown rivulets of water, a giant tree, even for that world of giants, offered refuge. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 “No; it’s only a swoon,” he continued, relieved, feeling her wrist with his knobby fingers. The Strollers Cavity acute, regular, green; Stem medium, regular, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Mr. Gubb ate methodically, taking a large bite of sandwich, chewing the bite long and well, and then swallowing it with a wonderful up and down gliding of his knobby Adam’s apple. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective The students went outside, and with their friends formed in military columns—the outside files well armed with knobby sticks as a deterrent to possible Parnellite enterprise. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule There was much in the plump, black capitals and knobby script of Judge Maynard’s invitation which was very suggestive of the man himself, but Young Denny failed to catch the suggestion at that moment. Once to Every Man And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments. In a Little Town Cavity medium, regular; Stem long, rather slender, sometimes short, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z An unmannerly porter shoved me back, and I bumped into a man who had something hard and knobby in his hand. The Red Hand of Ulster He had trotted happily at her side as they went, but late in the evening had run one knobby leg into a hole in the prairie-dog village and taken a bad tumble. The Biography of a Prairie Girl The women calmly clambered down from their vehicles, bearing baskets and bottles and knobby parcels, and began instant and concerted bustle of preparation. A Son of the Middle Border The boy's body is therefore much more angular and knobby, far less softly rounded, than that of the girl. The Sexual Life of the Child Cavity wide, shallow, angular; Stem long or medium, sometimes knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Jason clutched the knobby bark of the logs when he was left alone. Deathworld In some parts the road was a sand swamp, and the walk became converted into a gymnastic exercise; a leaping about towards what seemed the hard and knobby places that appeared among the mud. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France She had eyes like a hare's, a mouth which readily fell open, and brown locks caught back from her scared and knobby forehead. Tatterdemalion He encountered from the Chief a look of cool displeasure that flushed him to the top of his knobby forehead, and set him blinking nervously behind his big round spectacles. The Dop Doctor Cavity deep, acute, brown; Stem quite short, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The women, loaded with children and baskets, sit in the shade of the knobby trees which stretch their trunk-like branches horizontally over the beach, forming a natural roof against sun and rain. Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific On the contrary, they tend to rounded forested summits and knobby peaks. The Book of the National Parks She has a kind of a round face with two or three chins that she don't actually need, and little knobby features. Sundry Accounts You will tell that chaperone you are going to order the girl to marry that knobby little brute with the red hair and ferrety eyes. Tales of Space and Time Cavity wide, deep, brown; Stem long, slender, knobby. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z I was suspicious of that knobby hill region, which was connected with the incipient indications of the whole affair. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk He was wearing a dirty undershirt and an old pair of trousers that had been cut off raggedly just above his knobby knees. The Risk Profession He had stanched the flow of blood from his nose, but it still pained him, and he was otherwise bruised and badly shaken by the buffets from Jabe's knobby fists. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good "Vat!" roared Jacob, half rising to his chair and grasping his knobby cane with both hands, while he trembled with rage. Camp-fire and Wigwam He interlarded archaisms with Highland expressions, and his face was knobby, like a chest of drawers. Miss Mapp It was up among the little knobby hills to the north of my farm. Shapes that Haunt the Dusk Varieties usually well formed sometimes grow so knobby and ill-shaped as to be scarcely recognized. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. From his corner of the room, he brought out a thin, knobby walking-stick which had been used for all kinds of educational procedures. Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) For several minutes Huggins searched the tender for a comfortable spot for his unprotected body, but scratchy, knobby pieces of wood, with a foundation of sharp chunks of coal, was not conducive to rest. The Return of Blue Pete Instead of being lined with bright young men in knobby business suits and white stiff collars, the office is lined with far brighter young men in much more businesslike khaki. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 Marie and I grew hysterical at her modesty, looking at her big, knobby feet and her fiery face, with her top-knot of disheveled red hair. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 On the return of moisture, a new growth takes place, which shows itself in knobby protuberances. The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato. Prize offered by W. T. Wylie and awarded to D. H. Compton. How to Cook the Potato, Furnished by Prof. Blot. Atkins shouted, as he saw a particularly loose, knobby sea rise suddenly up over the starboard bow. Tessa 1901 In some mysterious way, through some hitherto unknown sense, he was aware of a long, rugged face, with bleak and knobby brow. The Tyranny of the Dark I. Rookum, Gents' Tailor, U. S. A. "Dear Sir:— "Your interesting advertisement of spring styles for young men, knobby clothes for business wear, and so forth, just received. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 When the “Drunkard’s Family” were passing through their harrowing experiences, tears rolled unheeded down old Nancy’s wrinkled cheeks as she sat with her knobby fingers tight clasped. The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story "Peace, what have you done?" cried Gail aghast, as she caught a glimpse of the fat, knobby pack disappearing down the steps. The Lilac Lady They still caressed a knobby bit of metal in my overcoat pocket. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure The appearance of one of these tendrils when young is beautiful; and if you place it under a microscope while it is assuming its knobby form, you will admire its exquisite texture and colouring. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 Pale gray ghost trees, with knobby, twisted limbs, grew thickly among the cloud trees. —And Devious the Line of Duty I put my arm around him to draw him to me and the gesture brought me in contact with his curiously knobby, little chest. The Girl and the Kingdom Learning to Teach The particularly knobby bundle which had fascinated Felicia proved to be a rocking chair, enwrapped by the canvas tent. The Forbidden Trail The skin varies in color from grayish-green to deep-green; becomes yellow at maturity, and is thickly spread with knobby bunches, or small protuberances. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Down these grassy gulches, around these sugar-loaf mesas, the giant brown cattle of the plains had crawled in long, dark, knobby lines. The Eagle's Heart And walked with jarring impact into the knobby elbow of a ghost tree limb. —And Devious the Line of Duty Tess and Dot could scarcely eat, their eyes were so fixed upon the delightfully knobby bundles piled under each of their stockings on the hearth. The Corner House Girls at School Come, pull them knobby wrists back up into your sleeves. Torchy She felt untidy and badly dressed beside this graceful thing standing in a faint cloud of subtle perfume of her own; her sleeves were too short and her heavy shoes knobby and worn. While Caroline Was Growing Here the valley was a wide, deliciously green bowl, with knobby hills, pine-covered and abrupt, rising on all sides. The Eagle's Heart Her arms were very long and small and knobby. Young Lucretia and Other Stories Certainly something long and knobby and black was almost at the bow. The Outdoor Girls in Florida Or, Wintering in the Sunny South They were hard, knobby things that protruded through the loose sand, and every time I took my attention off the ground for an instant I stubbed my toe against one or the other of them. The Lost Valley Its knobby roots, when broken asunder, pour forth a juice of a bright red or orange colour, whence its name of Sanguinaria: with this liquid the Indians are said to paint themselves. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed Slowly my memory aided me, and under that knobby, pustuled skin I traced the features of Dicky Nash, the most dreaded political journalist of my time. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary His arms came too far through his jacket sleeves, and showed his wrists, which looked unnaturally knobby and bony. Young Lucretia and Other Stories The training-masters of life had got him early, and found under his red sunburn and knobby joints, his black eyes and bushy eyebrows, the nature that passionately aspires. Old Kaskaskia She fished in the voluminous pockets of her jeans, tugging them lower on her knobby hips, and came up with a pack of cigarettes. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town But there were anxious lines around the eyes and mouth, and the hair was always drawn straight back so as to show at its worst the high, knobby forehead. Honey-Sweet A man sprang at me and thrust something cold and knobby into my neckcloth. Romance A strange monkey-figure —very black, with wrinkled skin about the elbows, thin arms, knobby knees, a bulging stomach, and round bright eyes! In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa The two principal types of the Jerusalem artichokes are First: Long with reddish skin, Second: Round, knobby and white in color. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions It walked erect on two threads of legs, with four knobby joints easily detected. Plague Ship With those legs and his elongated neck and round, knobby head, Mr. Luce closely resembled one of a set of antique andirons. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul By the horse block lay the mass of something indeterminate which I presently saw to be sacks full of something knobby. The Killer Without at all knowing whence it was derived, Hal became aware of a large, black, knobby stick, which it were inadequate to call a cane, in his new opponent's grasp. The Clarion This," explained Mary Antony, pointing, with knobby forefinger, to the first, "is the Reverend Mother, Herself—large, and pure, and noble. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century For what seems to be a greenish-brown, knobby log of wood floating on the water, has little bright eyes which are on the lookout for anything which moves. The Curious Book of Birds This time the unknown ducked his knobby head at the attacker. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul The nose was blunt, the chin a mere knobby challenge, and between them was the unloveliest moustache Bean had ever been compelled to observe; short, ragged, faded in streaks. Bunker Bean He was back in a minute with a knobby sack of something very heavy, that rattled dully when he threw it in. The Lookout Man I might knock you on the head with a knobby club and drag you to my lair. New Faces And ever since that time the Hen has eaten her dinner in tranquil peace, undisturbed by the sight of floating log or basking shape of knobby green. The Curious Book of Birds But he was too excited; besides the gold under his pillow made it so hard and knobby that it was most uncomfortable. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) He has a huge, knobby frame, bulging calves, a colored kerchief turbaning his head, a rough costume throughout, and a fascinating though belying air of desperate and unscrupulous villainy. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees But to hang up your stocking and then find it all stuffed and knobby in the morning, with always something perfectly delightful in the toe for the very last! The Twenty-Fourth of June To the casual eye the child was all knobby legs and hair ribbons. A Man Four-Square A heavy, elderly man, probably Jewish, who paraded the streets in a dingy uniform with conspicuous epaulets, a plumed hat, and a knobby cane. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment "I'll let go at your nose," said the hostler, clenching his knobby fist. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People He shocked her a bit in his cheap cotton trunks—woman's very old shock to the knobby knees and hairy arms of the beach. The Vertical City When she came back again she bore in her arms a bundle, large, knobby and misshapen. Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book There is a variety of it with knobby roots which is found to be a most troublesome and noxious weed in arable lands, particularly in some parts of the coast of Hampshire where it abounds. The Botanist's Companion, Volume II You are not difficult to please, Although no doubt a trifle "knobby;" Whilst I'm reclining at mine ease, I leave you standing in the lobby. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 Wolf shook his knobby fist laughingly at the poet, who made no further effort to use any other weapon of offence but his tongue. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The others all retired into the next room and came back shortly, wrapped in raincoats and sou'westers, each one carrying a knobby package. Entertaining Made Easy Lagune developed unsuspected lengths of knobby wrist and finger directing his guests to their seats. Love and Mr. Lewisham The scraped knees were still knobby with bandages, but the lads were in good spirits, and seemed to have some secret with Martha that involved a deal of whispering and some chuckling. People of the Whirlpool "Well, no; it's bahd for the jints," said the old woman, holding up her fingers, which were as shapeless as knobby potatoes. Little Folks Astray Big spruces, knobby with balls of gum, dwindled away into little ugly dwarf spruces, hostile, as dwarfs are said to be always, to human comfort. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 The round eyes, knobby nose, and round mouth are brought into unattractive distinctness by being re-duplicated in the circular effects of the hair. What Dress Makes of Us His face was almost as hard and knobby as his stick; and so were his hands. Martin Chuzzlewit You'll make 'em out as knotty and as knobby, at last, as if they was the trunks of two old trees. Reprinted Pieces There is endless meaning in the first mumblings, endless soul in the senile, baby smile, unlimited possibilities in the knobby forehead and round, hairless head. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers The rest of his ruddy, knobby countenance, his erratic hair and his general hairy leanness had not even—to my perceptions grown. Tono Bungay The tall lamps were all lit, and Mr. van der Luyden's orchids had been conspicuously disposed in various receptacles of modern porcelain and knobby silver. The Age of Innocence Then distorting his pockets with knobby bundles, and giving her the flowers to hold, he put up the old umbrella, and they traveled on again. Little Women They had fair heads, round eyes, round little knobby noses, and they resembled their father a good deal. Falk A Reminiscence "Then you're blind," returned his grandson, disrespectfully; "you're blind or else—or else—" He paused, open-mouthed, a look of wonder struggling its way to expression upon him, gradually conquering every knobby outpost of his countenance. The Conquest of Canaan Larger than the other pieces, but small enough to hold in two hands, there lay a knobby colt, its translucent mane flared back from its muscular neck, forever frozen in the wind. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko Would he have wit enough to think of exploring the big, knobby ball for its delicate secret? The Golden Road Among the many pillows that adorned the venerable couch was one, hard, round, covered with prickly horsehair, and furnished with a knobby button at each end. Little Women The inane Atkinson was still hanging about, humming and poking things with his knobby cane. The Innocence of Father Brown When you have finished pulling them up by the roots, you will find that your supposedly level plot is knobby with hummocks. The Forest Yes—a knobby stick—leastways a stick wi' knobs all over it. Stephen Archer and Other Tales Nurse Nannie, with Rosy Posy, joined the group, and each clasping a pair of bulging, knobby stockings, flew to the nursery, where this Christmas morning ceremonial always took place. Marjorie's New Friend The cut of his face recalled Socrates; there was the same high, knobby forehead, the same little eyes, the same snub nose. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I She would wear her satchel, and let its knobby corners press against her expostulating neighbour, or she would spread out her elbows instead of keeping them by her side. Monitress Merle It is called to this day "the knobby house." Castilian Days And carrying nice, knobby stone creeks to stave in our heads! Darkness and Dawn One wing flopped over, and caught in a knobby old branch of the apple tree, and in a minute there was a big hole right in the middle! The Adventures of Joel Pepper Here the track debouched upon an inverted arch, with a hill, or rather a tall and knobby outcrop of rock, on either flank of the keystone. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 As Joe looked he saw a black, ugly snout, and back of it a glistening, black and knobby body, moving along after Blake, who was making frantic efforts to get out of the way. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal He, also, would plough that knobby black soil of human heads with the share of his vehement faith. Great Possessions It was slim and sort o' knobby like this wood—what's the name of it, now?—they make fish poles out of. Average Jones He has a face of that rubicund, knobby type I have heard an indignant mineralogist speak of as botryoidal, and about it waves a quantity of disorderly blond hair. A Modern Utopia The plain, I have said, is everywhere broken by piles of stone forming knobby hills. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Here are christophines,—great pear-shaped things, white and green, according to kind, with a peel prickly and knobby as the skin of a horned toad; but they stew exquisitely. Two Years in the French West Indies A look of happiness dawned through the surprise on however, his mother's face, and she shyly kept her hand on Asa's knobby shoulder as he entered the house. The Boy Scouts on a Submarine Water, brought in iron boats from Sansalito, is dragged around these knobby hills in huge casks on wheels. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance To show his indifference he drummed with his knobby knuckles on the table and stared at the coffee-pot. Smoke Bellew Climbing up with the agility of a squirrel, he seated himself on the knobby summit of the stunted willow. Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 She stopped her horse, and beckoned Eric over to her with the knobby handle of a faded and bony umbrella. Kilmeny of the Orchard It was not a new place but was built in the hideous style of some thirty years ago with all sorts of little turned and knobby ornaments. The Dream Doctor A sleeping lizard with a blunt tail and knobby scales, fell into our hands, and was of course roasted and greedily eaten. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 He gazed over Stephen's shoulder at Goldsmith's knobby poll. Ulysses The sofa was hard and the pillows knobby. The Window-Gazer His hair was whiter and thinner than it had been last year, and he seemed to make more use of his big, knobby cane with the crooked handle. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million It was a queer-looking, knobby kind of a bundle, and there was something in it that squirmed! The Japanese Twins At the outskirts of the scrub, the short-tailed sleeping lizard with knobby scales was frequent: one of them contained six eggs. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Among other visitors, watch the common housefly alighting on the knobby stigma, a most convenient landing place, where he leaves some pollen carried on his underside from other nightshade blossoms. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors "No fear that they won't all want to, especially Stuffy," and Mrs. Bhaer's eyes twinkled more than ever as she patted a queer knobby bundle in her lap. Little Men Bright thrust his long, unpleasant, knobby fingers into his pocket, and produced a crumpled cigarette, which he lit from the end of his companion's. The Devil's Paw A pair of long knobby hose were laid out upon the coverlet, and their contents examined with delight, though each knew every blessed thing that had been put into the other's stocking. Eight Cousins They rehung Georgie's stocking—bulging and knobby it was now—and arranged his more bulky presents beneath it on the floor. Thankful's Inheritance His pudgy face was haggard with uncertainty and his eyes darted back and forth as his fingers caressed the knobby grip of a small Burkholtz jutting from a holster at his waist. The Lani People This one must be a good fighter, they thought; a brawny giant with a bulldog jaw, and a face as red and knobby as his knees. One of Ours The novelty of his position, as well as the cramped and somewhat knobby bed made by the locker, and the smell of oils, had made him restless. The Pit Prop Syndicate Remove the knobby knuckle from the end of a drumstick by giving it a good hard whack with your heaviest knife. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook The champion's patrician head was thumped down into the mud and a knobby little fist played a painful tattoo on his mouth and cheek. The Vision Splendid They have bulging, knobby foreheads and bristling pompadours, and some of the rawest of them wear wild-looking beards, and thick spectacles, and cravats and trousers that Lew Fields never even dreamed of. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Then willow trees and poplars showed a pallid bronze sheen, forsythias were as yellow as scrambled eggs, maples grew knobby with red buds. Where the Blue Begins "I thought so!" he exclaimed, as he saw the square, knobby tread marks left by the tires. Tom Swift and His Air Scout, or, Uncle Sam's Mastery of the Sky Then, use knife blade to gently scrape meat down toward the larger, knobby end of bone, turning meat inside out. The Perdue Chicken Cookbook "And did things look as usual?" asked the doctor, protruding his knobby little face like a clenched fist. Soul of a Bishop They clapped pudgy fists to knobby foreheads; they smote their breasts, and made wild gestures with their arms. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed First a buckskin bag, heavy and grimed and knobby. Cabin Fever His muscles were knots, and he was gnarled and knobby, twisted out of beauty by excess of strength. The Game He had a knobby brow, with an air about it of having recently been intent, and his conversation was curiously spotted with little knobby arrested anecdotes. The Research Magnificent He saw a nose and a little, knobby chin and a bit of pinkish forehead with the pale yellow of hair above. Cabin Fever It had the effect of being quiet, but in its unobtrusive way knobby. The Research Magnificent |
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