skull

Reprinted by permission of Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint.

He fell 40 feet and fractured his skull, hip, and nose, and lay there motionless.

Katniss walks through mountains of skeletons, at one point recoiling in horror as she inadvertently steps on a skull.

He subsequently told the Post that it was clear he had killed bin Laden because his skull was split open.

The calavera, or decorated skull, is an archetype of Mexican popular culture.

He aimed at the yawning hippopotamus and fired, hitting it on the skull, but at such an angle that the ball glanced off.

When he picked himself up, he saw something that knocked all ideas of picture taking out of his thick skull.

Their feet were all placed towards the east, and in the skull of one was found the iron head of a spear.

The elephant, as is well known, is easily vulnerable in one spot only,—the middle of the skull.

It was in perfect condition and looked as if the skull had only recently been removed from it.