skin and bones
Example Sentences
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Baroness Golding said her dad told her of people at the camps who were "skin and bones with vacant eyes".
From BBC • May 5, 2025
The last time their daughter saw her father, "he couldn't get out of bed. He was literally skin and bones," Gamboa said.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023
When you take a collagen supplement, that collagen probably comes from cow, pig and fish parts, such as tendons, skin and bones.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023
Face to face with the bodies, you would see skin and bones, hair and clothes, and what else?
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2020
Her father was down to ninety pounds, just skin and bones, and he was in pain and miserable.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
