bony

Example Sentences

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The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Analysis of the bones revealed details about the animal's behavior and confirmed that Tainrakuasuchus bellator was protected by bony plates called osteoderms, which are also found in today's crocodiles.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 2025

The mostly charred, bony remains of the young man who stayed were found in 1960 by the superintendent of the archeological site that is what’s left of the ancient city.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

"I just saw white, dull, bony kind of material," he told BBC Scotland.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

In the dim light he looked bony, with a patchy coat.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo