skeleton in the closet
Example Sentences
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As much as he tried to find that one skeleton in the closet to explain it all, he couldn’t.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2024
“There’s some kind of big, big skeleton in the closet here.”
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2021
More importantly, should I say something that could put a stain on how she loves our house, or do I leave that skeleton in the closet?
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2019
They face significant financial burdens, but they also face being stigmatized from colleagues who wonder what skeleton in the closet they are running from.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2014
If there were only one skeleton in the closet, that might be locked up and abandoned; but in many a home there is a skeleton in the hallway and a skeleton in all the apartments.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
