skeleton

Example Sentences

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"One of the brothers went off to look for firewood, and in doing so discovered what they believed to be a human skeleton," said Det Supt Bell.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Anschutz owns the Home Depot Center, where the U.S. bobsled and skeleton teams train.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Why is this ancient French skeleton sitting upright?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

The latest evacuation round in Baghdad leaves a small skeleton crew at one of the largest and most important U.S. outposts in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Only a professional, using a specialized "skeleton key," could have turned that lock, Gordievsky thought.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau