bone

Example Sentences

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The result is stronger, denser bone that is more resistant to damage.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

There is growing demand for treatments that can safely prevent and reverse bone loss over time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

You want to keep your bones nice and weak so that when your perimenopausal wife frets about bone density, you can, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

‘Nothing,’ said Torak, eyeing the jagged bone knife at the Raven Leader’s belt.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver