knots

Synonyms

burl node mile nodule chignon gnarl rpm nautical mile reef knot mis links buttons nodal overhand knot clove hitch
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Phrases with the word

in knots tie in knots at a rate of knots weapon with knots garlic knots without knots

Examples

I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie. Edith Wharton

Doctrine tied itself into infinite knots over the realities of sex. Barbara Tuchman

Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can't do anything because they're tied up in knots. Barney Frank

Philosophy unravels the knots in our thinking; hence its results must be simple, but its activity is as complicated as the knots that it unravels. Ludwig Wittgenstein

Everything I have in life comes from Knots Landing. Ted Shackelford

The tongue ties knots that the teeth cannot loosen. Irish Proverb