bony

Example Sentences

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Throughout evolutionary history, the skin’s ability to form bony tissue has resurfaced again and again.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Fishermen and chefs report that Asian carp are actually delicious, though they are so bony they don’t make good filets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

She lifts Ahmed's shirt to reveal his wounds, his bony back a reminder of the hunger stalking the city.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2025

In the dim light he looked bony, with a patchy coat.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo