skeleton

Example Sentences

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Because gastroliths are small and light-weight, their intact arrangement indicated that much of the skeleton might still be preserved within the rock.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Bowser gets turned into a skeleton version of himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"We became quite silent when we found the first bone," he said, adding that there were several pointers indicating that the skeleton belonged to the Sun King's right-hand man.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The New York Times published stories several years ago about former bobsled and skeleton athletes who struggled with symptoms similar to what Person, Sisson and Baird describe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

To keep herself distracted, she watched Small Bob the kitten pacing across Bob’s shoulders and purring, occasionally turning into a glowing kitty skeleton and then back to a calico fuzz-ball.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan