skeleton
Example Sentences
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She stunned fashionistas in a diamond skeleton gown, with skin-toned mesh underneath, the bejeweled bones showing to the tips of her fingers.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, I might have said you need to add an economic skeleton to your views.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Almost two years ago, the skeleton of a baby was found beneath floorboards during a house renovation, wrapped in a 110-year-old newspaper.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Access, basing rights, overflight permissions, maintenance, refueling and logistics are the skeleton of military power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Quite a few single poles and blackened tree trunks stuck up from the ground, and here and there a skeleton of a building rose forlornly.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing skeleton
Life Science: Human Systems
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Life Science: Human Anatomy and Physiology
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