skin and bones
Example Sentences
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Shred chicken into bite sized pieces, discarding skin and bones.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
"I told myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones, just like everyone else'. But I was wrong."
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2022
“I told myself before the game, he’s made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Geltor is producing forms of collagen they say are identical to the proteins extracted from skin and bones.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022
She was peeling back my skin and bones and looking into my heart, splitting it wide for me to see, and what I would soon find there terrified me.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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