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
The narrative is almost old hat at this point: Of course the DNA test uncovered some skeleton in the closet.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 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
It all seems to a stranger to be the very poetry of living, yet we venture to say that each household has its skeleton in the closet, and some a whole anatomical museum!
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray
