skin and bones
Example Sentences
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Baroness Golding said her dad told her of people at the camps who were "skin and bones with vacant eyes".
From BBC • May 5, 2025
Shred chicken into bite sized pieces, discarding skin and bones.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
When you take a collagen supplement, that collagen probably comes from cow, pig and fish parts, such as tendons, skin and bones.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023
Geltor is producing forms of collagen they say are identical to the proteins extracted from skin and bones.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2022
At 158 pounds, his six-foot-two frame was down to skin and bones.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
