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

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

Both were preternaturally strong, rawboned men and immensely long drivers.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 1, 2017

She follows me mutely out behind the stables, where Vivi is waiting, along with two rawboned ponies with green eyes and lacy manes.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black