bone

Example Sentences

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If Mom had to break a bone, why couldn’t it have happened at home, instead of out on this island, miles from medical help?

From Literature

The weakness has been a major bone of contention in trade relations with the U.S.

From MarketWatch

"We want to go home, but if we go home without money, then what? We've been working ourselves to the bone out at sea. How can we just be abandoned like that?"

From Barron's

Nine days ago, she suffered a torn ACL, a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

From Los Angeles Times

An MRI eventually revealed that the top of his femur, or thigh bone, was near fracture.

From The Wall Street Journal