How To Use Knotty In A Sentence
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Even more seriously, this is a play full of the most intricate, knotty, compacted language.
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Presently, piglet early weaning diarrhea is a knotty disease in most pig farm.
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The bed was rickety, with a thin knotty mattress; the sand-colored walls were scratched and gouged; in every corner, under everything, were fluffy dust and cigar ashes; on the tilted wash-stand was a nicked and squatty pitcher; the only chair was a grim straight object of spotty varnish; but there was an altogether splendid gilt and rose cuspidor.
Main Street
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This is a very knotty question; it is like asking how far a dropsical man may be punctured without his dying under the operation; this depends on the prudence of the physician.
A Philosophical Dictionary
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It remains a casual place, more knotty pine than mahogany - even though for generations it has been a second home for many Hollywood stars who first discovered it when they came up for filming.
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Construction Common, Deck Common, Merchantable Heart and Merchantable are knotty garden grades of redwood and offer a colorful mix of sapwood and heartwood.
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Family businesses present an especially knotty problem because in those companies, power is often wielded by owners wedded to the past.
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She really didn't understand how her hair got so knotty.
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It's startling, difficult and rewarding: sometimes knotty with reference and allusion, sometimes woolly and vague.
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You describe the abortion issue as a "knotty" question.
ABP News
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She says that despite their political differences, Johnson's the first person to turn to over any knotty policy question.
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Renovation of this house began by covering the knotty pine ceilings with Sheetrock and putting a wood floor over the plywood.
Bird Cloud
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Here, raised-panel cabinets crafted of knotty pine evoke the old-world charm of French country kitchens.
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My black hair streamed out behind me knotty and tangled from last night.
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As a result, legislator employ various procedual devices to handle knotty problems.
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Pastors weary of authoritative pronouncements by liturgiologists will be grateful for his pastoral experience and firsthand knowledge of the knotty problems involved in an awkward request for baptism.
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Their plainly representational knotty, bark-covered surface contrasts with the immaterial, abstract shapes of the molding.
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The square or useful hand, the spatulate or active hand, the philosophic or knotty hand, the conic or artistic hand, the psychic or idealistic hand, the mixed hand, and the elementary or lowest hand.
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The center tries to foment debate, providing daily forums for visitors to discuss knotty topics (such as free speech, privacy and the Internet, the day I was there).
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Rivals who had lately been quarreling over the knotty points of national frontiers now only vied for a twenty-franc rosebud from the bouquetiere.
Under Two Flags
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I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast
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Mr Dexter said: ‘Insurance is increasingly becoming a knotty problem.’
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Relieved, I leveled off and once again began dealing with those knotty little details like useless gauges - both my airspeed and my fuel gauge read zero.
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Somewhat satisfactorily, the problem of “postera crescam laude” was already knotty in the second or third century, when in his Commentum in Horatium, the North African grammarian and editor Pomponius Porphyrio tagged it with the explanatory remark: “Eleganter, quia semper sunt, quibus haec elocutio noua sit et laudetur.”
Postera crescam laude II
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The 31-room lodge sits right on Lake Superior and is all Scandinavian, with hand-hewn beams, massive stone fireplaces, and guest rooms of high-gloss knotty pine.
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The trainee foxed the arrogant instructor with a knotty problem.
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I tried to do it, but found it a "knotty" subject, and, like the texts Eachard speaks of,
Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply
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This in turn relates to knotty questions about the legitimacy of intervention and ‘just war’ concepts.
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The interest," he said, "of this figure is not in the modelling, which is good, but because it represents Johnson as he was, in the eye of the crowd of his day; who looked on him, not as the writer, but as the grand _argufier_ and layer-down of the law, the 'settler' of any knotty point whatever; with them the Doctor could decide anything.
John Forster
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The newspaper also dwells on the jury selection in the original federal trial, but it never once mentions the truly knotty constitutional issue involved - double jeopardy.
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The story raises a knotty, if hypothetical, issue: Is it possible that well-intentioned efforts like the Jordan Valley project might ultimately be self-defeating?
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Confusion about what is and is not within the legitimate scope of medicine risks leading the profession into a future full of unmet expectations and knotty ethical quandaries.
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The tribunal sidestepped those knotty issues.
Times, Sunday Times
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Applicants will have to tackle knotty subjects such as how departing countries will denominate their sovereign debt, the effects on Europe's banking system, and how to handle contracts denominated in euros.
Overheard: Breakup Prize
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Here one walks beside deep, grassy trenches, which appear to continue without end, along the forest level; farther, the wild mint and the centaurea perfume the shady nooks, the oaks and lime-trees arch their spreading branches, and the honeysuckle twines itself round the knotty shoots of the hornbeam, whence the thrush gives forth her joyous, sonorous notes.
The French Immortals Series — Complete
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Several knotty taxonomic problems were addressed in this issue.
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On the menu: the knotty problem of the bank's future leadership.
Times, Sunday Times
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One suspects there isn't a problem in America, no matter how knotty or profound, that Gladwell can't imagine some nifty solution to, if only we'd take off the blinders of ideology and put on the glasses of science and observation.
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The roots, which are the officinal part, are contorted, knotty and annulated, and about the thickness of a goose quill.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
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When Arthur comes in from work in his bib and brace, his sleeves are rolled up above his elbows, and I see the inside of his arms, the sinews and knotty veins.
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Week in week out here, experts are consulted to shed light on life's knotty little problems.
Times, Sunday Times
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Step one of Judy's transformation was to tackle the stained knotty pine walls with ‘quite a few gallons of paint.’
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A humorist of the present day has suggested that the knots on the staff indicate the numerous "knotty" questions which a doctor is asked to solve!
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine
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Later in the movie, Pippo acquits himself as expected, scheming to save Elena with a tailor-made plan that should sew the plot up nicely - but the audience knows that it's about to get knotty.
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Knotty or mundane national topics often come into relief through a current reference.
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Wood - in the simple knotty pine cabinets and furniture pieces - adds warmth.
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Mainstream economists, when faced with this knotty problem, reply that there is nothing wrong with using models with unrealistic assumptions - as long as the models accurately predict events.
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This was a proper, medicinal pummelling and bliss to my knotty shoulders and stiff spine.
Times, Sunday Times
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Nor did I escape, since having somehow or other established a reputation for wisdom, as soon as I had mastered sufficient of the language, every kind of knotty case was laid before me for decision.
When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot
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The light sisal rug anchors the rustic tables, and the suedelike wall glaze in a caramel shade adds warmth to the knotty pine ceiling.
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It was a painful operation, for his thatch was a stubborn mat of crisp waves and knotty tangles to his plumy tail and down to his feathered toes.
Greyfriars Bobby
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But don't think that specialized clinics are the only places prepared to help couples deal with this knotty problem.
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Knotty-pine wails, white tablecloths, and a sprinkling of artwork and Western memorabilia create a pleasingly rustic yet romantic ambience.
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A strong political will on part of the government and a positive, sincere approach from authorities is needed to solve this knotty problem.
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The chaise appeared to have been dashed against a knotty projecture of the trunk, which was large enough for a person to be conveniently seated on it.
NPR Topics: News
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The boat's knotty pine interior brought back memories of an Adirondack camp.
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For all its knotty problems, Yahoo still remains in a far better position to regain and increase its value than many other competing companies that were affected by the deflation of the Internet phenomenon.
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The point was knotty, but a Persian is a man of resource.
Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia
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After the keynote speech, Ando unwound at a dinner for a few journalists, where talk turned to the knotty problem of digital rights.
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When Arthur comes in from work in his bib and brace, his sleeves are rolled up above his elbows, and I see the inside of his arms, the sinews and knotty veins.
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Then there's the knotty question of employee insurance.
Times, Sunday Times
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Hotel du Lac Carling is quiet, with an understated ambience that washes over you as soon as you pull up beside the waterfall in front of a modern gray stone and knotty pine lodge.
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He becomes key in an engagingly knotty second half that shows flawed characters making a choice between competing evils as the personal and the political become inseparable.
Times, Sunday Times
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That meant paring away layers of linoleum and orange carpeting, burnishing hardwood floors, sandblasting some beams, oiling knotty pine walls, and creating window coverings that didn't compete with the view.
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Some participants in the talks expressed hope that the agreement would create momentum for compromise on other knotty issues such as Social Security and immigration.
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The man was wide across the shoulders, the madras plaid making him look like a senior-division body builder, knotty arms twisting from his sleeves.
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The bunnies, all Cashmere Lops, were said to be in a good condition, albeit with slightly knotty coats.
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The tribunal sidestepped those knotty issues.
Times, Sunday Times
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Most of the captives were of the appearances denominated "scraggy" or "knotty.
Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War
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He said biomass is a relatively cheap energy source because it uses non-commercial wood, such as knotty trees, tree stumps and branches, to fuel power plants.
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The effect of turn-off current is a knotty problem in TEM method, especially for shallow soundings. Turn-off time is also a major parameter for evaluating the performance of instruments.
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They are still wrestling with how to do it—particularly with the knotty question of how to share the burden with private creditors.
EU Links Greece Aid to Budget Cuts
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Gradually living becomes easier and every thought and action is in tune with ourselves - an affirmation that removes all constrictive, knotty obstacles.
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She closed the shower curtain and entangled her fingers in her knotty hair.
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On the inside is knotty pine for the walls/ceiling and an oak hardwood floor.
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Some knotty knapweeds stay in out-of-the-way places, where the scythe has not been; some bunches of mayweed, too, are visible in the corners of the stubble.
Nature Near London
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The problems were indeed knotty, for no strong local leader capable of uniting Cuba appeared.
The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877
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True, he had simplified several knotty matters by bastinadoing and cutting off the heads of all concerned, but this left a multitude of matters which could not be disposed of in that summary fashion.
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He uses primitivism in his writings as a political weapon against the dominant white hierarchy, only to reject it simultaneously as an answer to the knotty problem of identity.
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B-I-N will seal porous surfaces, like new wood, and seal off knots and sappy streaks in knotty pine so they won't bleed through and ruin the paint job.
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For those not versed in Irish history or post WWII cartoons, a shillelagh is a wooden club, typically made from a stout knotty stick, with a large knob on the end.
Dustbury.com » How do you do, too?
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As you are a woman of undoubted taste, I am hoping you can help me with a knotty little fashion problem.
Times, Sunday Times
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But six years after leaving office, the former President is also taking on some far more knotty problems.
Times, Sunday Times
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At Milepost 96, we stopped for coffee and bumbleberry pie apple, rhubarb and berry, $5.95 in the knotty-pine dining room of Whistlin' Jack Lodge, with a nice view of the Naches River.
The Seattle Times
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This leads to the knotty question : what will change after our divorce from Europe?
Times, Sunday Times
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Some fine speech you were pondering, some knotty question, some viewy doctrine -
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2
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These range from the pale silvery hue of maple to the warm gold, knotty style of pine, and from the classic mid-brown of oak to the rich darkness of walnut.
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Its mix includes “born again” or vintage cowboy boots — “half the retail price and half the work to break them in”; ranch home decor, such as knotty pine log beds; “saloon girl” lingerie; exclusive designs, such as tank tops with “Honky” on the front and “Tonk” on the back; Pocahontas and Indian chief prints; and novelty gifts that baby boomers played with as children, such as candy cigarettes and badges.
The Volokh Conspiracy
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The tribunal sidestepped those knotty issues.
Times, Sunday Times
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There are some knotty problems ahead for feminists who propose to change culture by decree.
The Past is Before Us - feminism in action since the 1960s
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The room's ceiling was very high, with beams of knotty pine that looked dusty from neglect.
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That brings us back to the knotty dilemma of the reliability of intelligence information and the difficulty in interpreting it.
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It was what might be termed a sinewy, knotty strength, of the kind we ascribe to lean and wiry men, but which, in him, because of his heavy build, partook more of the enlarged gorilla order.
Chapter 2
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A capacity for burying problems made royal commissions and the like instantly attractive to politicians besieged by one knotty issue or another.
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This was a proper, medicinal pummelling and bliss to my knotty shoulders and stiff spine.
Times, Sunday Times
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He seemed awful old and kind of knotty and twisty.
Mitch Miller
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Indirect sunlight filters into the cool, shadowy space and creates a reddish glow off the smooth boards and knotty trunks.
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This is the knotty problem facing many Chinese and foreign automakers, who must choose between two international auto shows to be held in Shanghai this year.
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On top of that is the knotty problem of old age.
Times, Sunday Times
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But the knotty mass of scar tissue left by Scait's sword obstructed his voice, and he barely managed to croak.
Shadowfane
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We can proceed with caution, pursuing ethically acceptable lines of research while eschewing research that raises impossibly knotty ethical questions.
Christianity Today
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And trying to explain the sudden popularity of the moustache is a knotty problem.
Times, Sunday Times
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a knotty problem
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At such times, electronic music presents a singularly cold shoulder, disco is too upbeat, jazz too knotty, new wave too garrulous.
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It is of a rough, knotty appearance, somewhat oviform, and when cooked is dry and sweet tasted.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN LIFE
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The trainee foxed the arrogant instructor a knotty problem.
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The overflow car park will not be lit and it will be surfaced with reinforced grass rather than bitumen while 160 parking spaces to the north of the clubhouse have been moved to protect the privacy of Knotty Ash Farm.
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It is usually regarded as a sesamoid bone, developed in the tendon of the Quadriceps femoris, and resembles these bones (1) in being developed in a tendon; (2) in its center of ossification presenting a knotty or tuberculated outline; (3) in being composed mainly of dense cancellous tissue.
II. Osteology. 6c. 4. The Patella
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Dotted with extraordinary trees like the baobab with its thick knotty trunk and root-like branches, the park teems with wildlife.
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Bright-coloured petals in contrast with the knotty, wrinkled old branches of the trees have provided inspiration to poets and painters for centuries.
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There's no shortage of playwrights wrestling with the knotty problems of the modern world.
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Construction Common, Deck Common, Merchantable Heart and Merchantable are knotty garden grades of redwood and offer a colorful mix of sapwood and heartwood.
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In the construction of this little word "equipping," taken with its context, is the point, apparently so knotty, which is to be determined.
The Alexandra
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M. de Nointel, after settling certain knotty points in the
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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The next day the James Gang came over to Centennial for dinner and I made decisions on the bathroom tile, grey stone, nixed knotty pine as trim or anything else, having a dislike of it as reminiscent of moldy New England motels going for the antique look.
Bird Cloud
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The tribunal sidestepped those knotty issues.
Times, Sunday Times
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I know its a knotty problem with lots of attendant issues, but it's well worth mulling over the possibilities.
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He spent much time trying to tease out this knotty problem with Laing.
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Various aspects of the knotty problem of physical and moral rehabilitation of Germany and the German people are touched upon.