all skin and bones
Example Sentences
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She had aged, all skin and bones, and her tapered eyes of a carnivorous animal had become sad and tame from looking at the rain so much.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Last of all came a straggler, all skin and bones, hobbling on a twisted foot.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
A sour, black old ogre, all skin and bones, like a consumptive red herring!
From The Actress' Daughter A Novel by Fleming, May Agnes
He was a withered old man, all skin and bones and sweat-stiffened tunic, with enormous red-rimmed eyes.
From Home is Where You Left It by Marlowe, Stephen
You put that long yellow paw of yours, all skin and bones, into a man's hand, and there you let it lie.
From Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William
