How to Use skeletal in a Sentence

skeletal

adjective

• She was skeletal after her illness.
• The archaeologist found skeletal remains.
• Clumps of fur around the skeletal remains of a dog ruffle in the wind.
  — Tyler Hicks Marc Santora, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• On his, the skeletal ribs of a derelict ship stick up from the water.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• And there could be more of the dinosaur's skeletal remains in the area, too.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
• Her bony knees seemed about to poke through the fabric of her skirt—and those thighs, skeletal. . . .
  — Marie Ndiaye, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The skeletal remains are the second set to be found at Swim Beach.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2022
• The witch approached the idol and slid a $100 bill between her skeletal fingers.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• The rhythms are sharp and skeletal, but also propulsive and jumpy.
  — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2024
• The images show smoke rising from a bowl, and in the smoke a large, skeletal snake appears.
  — James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
• An osprey lifts from its skeletal hull to glide low across the water.
  — Lizzie Pook, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2022
• Viserys looks skeletal, with a covering over the left side of his face.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2022
• The skeletal remains were determined to belong to that of a young boy, who was about 5 years old at the time of his death.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2024
• The fourth skeletal remains were found at Swim Beach on Aug. 7, in the same area where the most recent set was discovered.
  — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022
• Their eyes were sunken into their faces, their skeletal frames thin and fragile.
  — Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
• The grotesque sound of skeletal breakage pierces our ears with skin-crawling effect.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• Gilbert’s skeletal remains were found in a marsh in Oak Beach in December 2011.
  — Samantha Wanderer, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Six days later, the skeletal remains of Thomas Erndt, 42, were found near Callville Bay.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Nine days later, on a Monday night, more skeletal remains were found at the same beach, the park service said.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022
• Even on the video, Saleeb could see that the patient’s hands were almost skeletal, as if the fat and muscle had simply melted away.
  — New York Times, 30 June 2022
• All that was found of Hannah were the skeletal remains of her foot, still in a shoe, that washed up on a California beach.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 26 Mar. 2022
• The grave, a rectangular pit, was filled with the skeletal remains of a man, who is believed to have been between 40 and 60 years old at the time of his death.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
• Ghost forests are what remains when rising seas wash over coastal trees, leaving them bleached and skeletal.
  — Scistarter Team, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2022
• All that remained was a massive pit of rubble mixed with skeletal remains excised from the blasts.
  — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Later, Nepali and I stood together in front of the aviary, watching about fifty wild vultures peck at the skeletal remains of the carcass.
  — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• In August 2020, the Dome Fire burned more than a million Joshua trees alone, leaving skeletal remains of what had been a dense woodland.
  — Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• In total, five sets of skeletal remains have been discovered in Lake Mead since May.
  — The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2022
• The skeletal remains are now in the hand of the medical examiner.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2022
• Piedad Caballero lives near where the vehicle and skeletal remains were found.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
• Fascinating find: The skeletal remains of a man and a woman were unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024