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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Example Sentences

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There is growing demand for treatments that can safely prevent and reverse bone loss over time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Maintaining both muscle and bone strength is critical for older adults, as it reduces the risk of falls, fractures, and loss of independence.

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

You want to keep your bones nice and weak so that when your perimenopausal wife frets about bone density, you can, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Hesterfowl cocked her head, which now, without the bone collar, seemed much too small for her body.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman