- a ravelled story.
- a small knot of women listened to his sermon.
- his stomach was in knots.
- knot the shoelaces.
- She knotted her fingers.
- the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest.
- the old man's fists were two great gnarls.
- the saw buckled when it hit a knot.
- their muscles stood out in knots.