skin and bones
Example Sentences
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Baroness Golding said her dad told her of people at the camps who were "skin and bones with vacant eyes".
From BBC • May 5, 2025
Shred chicken into bite sized pieces, discarding skin and bones.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
Differences between the Eco Edison and vessels built for offshore and deep water oil rigs aren’t yet apparent as the skin and bones of the towering ship take shape in a 120-foot-tall waterside assembly building.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2023
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 had aged, all skin and bones, and her tapered eyes of a carnivorous animal had become sad and tame from looking at the rain so much.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
