bare-bones
Example Sentences
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He created a minimally invasive “keyhole” surgery technique, repairing heart valves without slicing through patients’ breastbones.
From BusinessWeek • Aug. 29, 2013
Her eyes, at death, were certainly more peaceful than those of the disturbed girls I cared for, their breastbones protruding from thin gowns, their gnarled hands reaching toward the invisible.
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2012
By the mid-1990s, the list of parts common to birds and dinos included wishbones, breastbones, three-toed feet, hollow bones and swiveling wrist joints.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the breastbones of the fowls were strong and hard to sever with the knife it was a sign of a hard, cold and snowy winter.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Indiana Narratives by Work Projects Administration
