But the sun was low and shadows filled the gaps between the gnarled trunks.

Perrin froze close beside the gnarled trunk of a great oak.

Still, he had just slammed the other against the gnarled trunk of an oak tree.

They value even those trees with twisted, gnarled trunks and don't shy away from rugged stones.

"They laugh at you," he said, standing beside the gnarled gray trunk of the 15-foot-high bush.

It was a massive thing, its trunk broad and gnarled.

It takes about six people to reach around its gnarled trunk.

He laid a hand against the gnarled trunk of an ancient beech tree.

The tree was enormous, with a thick gnarled trunk and twisted limbs.

She saw Rham6n sitting discouraged among the olive trees, back against a gnarled trunk, head in hands, face twisted with troubles.