rawboned
Example Sentences
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Hulking, rawboned and bespectacled, Mr. Ruckelshaus shepherded several federal environmental entities into a robust regulatory agency and did as much as anyone to mold the EPA’s mission.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
Kirschling, a rawboned young man from Wisconsin, had written a master’s thesis at Columbia about long-term productivity decline in New York City’s mass transit.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 2, 2018
Mr. Thomas has worked with the rawboned rock duo Royal Blood; other producers included Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic, Jacknife Lee and one of the band’s career-long collaborators, Steve Lillywhite.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
The tall, rawboned loner, who was then in his sixth decade of life, fell in love with the forested mountains and granite formations of Custer State Park.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2017
Tansy was named for a wildflower, which suited her because she was just as countrified and rawboned as me and Lloyd, almost.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
