bone

During puberty when children have growth spurts, they do need more protein because their body is growing rapidly, building new muscle and bone mass.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a lab at the Center for DNA Identification in Hanoi last week, technicians carefully cut into bone fragments separated from remains to extract samples for DNA analysis.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Their skin became thicker, bone mass increased, and performance improved on tests measuring learning, memory, and balance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rapid weight loss can lead to issues with bone quality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

My heartbeat echoes in my eardrums, and my throat has gone bone dry.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Metallica makes no bones about the group’s ambitions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Zimbabwe is an important part of the African dinosaur puzzle, with dinosaur bones reported since 1916.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

"This is a very big animal that's got the power to bite and break through bones."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The condition gradually damages cartilage, the smooth, protective tissue that cushions the ends of bones and allows joints to move with minimal friction.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

I want to do something, experience more than silence and sore bones on a slow-moving wagon.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Zeigen, who wears his hair shorn tight to his head, emphasizing his finely boned face and huge brown eyes, began by describing his mother.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

“I’m almost 6-feet-tall and big boned, we’ll call it. I don’t look like the people you see on TV,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

She logged thousands of miles on the road — she had ditched the BMW for a Ford F-150 pickup — and boned up on local issues, like broadband internet access and tick control.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022

Spencer’s Victorian-inspired gown was made with intricate floral lace and has long slightly-puffed sleeves, boned corset, high collar and several buttons.

From Fox News ● Jul. 25, 2021

Frail-looking, delicately boned, the young man would not have wanted to be a soldier and in his heart would have feared performing badly in battle.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Long story short, it’s probably time for every American to start boning up on this stuff just in case they find themselves in a conversation with Hugh Hewitt.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2023

You don't want a boning knife or a knife with a curved blade because you want to have as much contact as possible with your board in order to get the job done.

From Salon ● May 31, 2022

In most cases, animals are being harvested but there aren’t enough people to handle normal value-added processes such as boning, trimming and curing.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

Mondale spent those few wilderness years practicing law but in truth boning up for a presidential run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2021

Three other cooks were boning fish, while a spit boy turned a boar over the flames.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin