skeleton
Example Sentences
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We set skeletons on either side of the mirror to stand sentry.
From Literature
The acidic soil meant all that was left of the remains were sand skeletons - haunting shadows of painstakingly revealed bones and body shapes.
From BBC
Many nations do not send athletes to it, while others take skeleton teams, shorn of their leading lights, whose winter focus instead lies on training for lucrative spring road races or prominent summer track opportunities.
From BBC
Only Philadelphia’s skeleton crew also lost to a weak Washington Commanders team.
In that instance, moss growth on a decomposing skeleton helped investigators estimate how long the individual had been dead.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
