turn to bone

As he put it, “We’ll all turn to bone.”

Rickets is essentially a disease of childhood, and of early childhood, in which proper bone-formation does not take place, the soft material, or gristle, which should turn to bone, remaining long in the soft state.

In truth, I believe that Nottingham men do turn to bone and sinew, for neither heart nor courage have they!

In truth, I believe that Nottingham men do turn to bone and sinew, for neither heart nor courage have they!