bones
Example Sentences
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Without shells, bones or other hard structures, they would have been far less likely to survive the fossilization process than many later animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Blood samples are easier to profile, but those taken from teeth or bones can take several days to process.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Showalter and Antosca take the bones and juicy bits of Hoover’s book and make it more elegant, refined and contemporary, but keep all the craziness that viewers crave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The padding provides short-term protection against broken bones, but at terrible long-term cost.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sue cleaned ash from their eyes, but somehow, none of their bones were broken.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
