bony

Example Sentences

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Fishermen and chefs report that Asian carp are actually delicious, though they are so bony they don’t make good filets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Unlike horns or bony plates, they were not solid extensions of bone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

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

Her sparse, wiry-looking fur sticks out in all directions as if she'd stuck that bony middle finger in an electric socket.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

She can feel the bony shoulder through the thin fabric of his shirt.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez