The climbers wasted time untying several granny knots before the rope could be safely used.

He accidentally tied a granny knot instead of a reef knot, so the package came undone.

Before sailing, she tied several stopper knots at the ends of the rope to prevent fraying.

He tied his hair into a Suebian knot before the ceremony.

To join two ropes of different thicknesses, she tied a weaver's knot because it holds securely.

At low tide, the shoreline was carpeted with thick mats of knotted wrack that smelled strongly of the sea.

She styled her hair in a Clytie knot, a loose, low coil at the back of her head, which gave her a graceful, undone look.

The Stafford knot embroidered on the town hall's flag reminded everyone of the county's long history.

The old church's stained-glass windows were adorned with intricate Stafford knots that traced the family's lineage.

The committee faced multiple Gordian knots when trying to reform the aging infrastructure funding process.