1. Sometimes, all you need is a gnarled  little electric motor. 2. But then truffles grow underground, on gnarled  old tree roots. 3. Above them stand burned willow husks, branching like gnarled  candelabra. 4. Gnarled  oaks are sprouting this year's crop of leaves.5. Schoolgirls embraced, forehead to forehead, under gnarled  olive trees. 6. Arthritis had gnarled  his fingers into a permanent shutter release position. 7. The leaves are clustered around the ends of the gnarled  branches. 8. Nutrient uptake is hampered and the trees are stunted and gnarled . 9. It has been charred and gnarled  for a year now. 10. Seeking out gnarled  sages, he learned secrets of tending olive trees.