bones

Example Sentences

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But when you’re iterating so quickly in poker — hand after hand, decision after decision — it gets into your bones in a way that reading about it doesn’t.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

After puberty, she said, growth hormone won’t make bones grow long, but other parts of the body may grow disproportionately, including the hands, feet, jaw and tongue.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

“The bones and the chassis of the garment are very much performance-based, but the body that goes over top of it — what we see — should be stylish,” says Heifner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Without the gene, axolotls were unable to properly regenerate limb bones.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Now I can feel in my bones the meaning of that ugly word, expulsion.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar