bogey

Example Sentences

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The most likely prey, he told BBC News, were primitive fish that would have been covered in an armour of boney scales.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

Another was an artist’s rendition of what Gómez looks like today — 60 pounds lighter, with a gaunt face and boney shoulders.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2022

Also, other than his large-clawed, boney hands, he comes with no accessories.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2019

“Parents are being accused and families torn apart based on fractures and/or other boney irregularities that are in fact attributable to bone fragility, not abuse,” he said in an email.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2018

She wrestled it, climbed onto the bed, and held it down with her boney knees.

From Vigorish by Berryman, John