How to Use skeleton in a Sentence

skeleton

noun

• They found the fossil skeleton of a mastodon.
• Only the charred skeleton of the house remained after the fire.
• We saw a skeleton of the report before it was published.
• She was a skeleton after her illness.
• He hung a plastic skeleton on the door for Halloween.
• The rest of the name derives from the 293 bones in its skeleton.
  — Reuters, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• Take the skeletons come out of the closet with the Pisces full moon.
  — USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• When the last of the flames were doused, the firefighters climbed into the skeleton of the bus.
  — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
• Their skeletons show the same patterns of wear and tear.
  — Cara Ocobock, Scientific American, 19 Oct. 2023
• The center’s staff shrank to a skeleton crew, and the many ambitious projects came to a halt.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2023
• As crews dug through the soil along the Nile in Southern Egypt, skeletons slowly emerged from the dirt.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• While Prince Harry raced down the skeleton track twice, his wife took a pass.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• But while keeping the skeleton intact, the goal is to take what’s in the comics and enrich and deepen it.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• That Bridgers and her bandmates all wore skeleton suits?
  — Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
• The skeleton of the rat that your cat dragged into the living room and killed on your carpet last night.
  — Francesca Carington, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• In the third phase, all of the skeletons except the horses show signs of having been processed for food.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2023
• Next to one of the piles, some skeletons gather around a cauldron resting in a fire pit.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• The scene took place on a closed set with a skeleton crew, but Fennell needed a team to help pull it off.
  — Marc Malkin, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• The skeletons were propped up with fishing line and a friend added lights that blink to the beat of various Swift songs.
  — Nicole Pelletiere, Fox News, 23 Oct. 2023
• Proposals in the group range from a fake flamingo to a 12-foot-tall skeleton.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
• How did the skeleton know that April showers were coming?
  — Jamie Ballard, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2023
• The skeleton of another right whale lies below on the ocean floor.
  — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• In fact, six skeletons were auctioned off last year alone.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
• The setup, Rus explained, was the skeleton of a robotic turtle.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
• Carefully arrange these skeletons, bats, and ghouls to get your space decked out in a pinch.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
• Each section is led by a chorus of skeletons guiding you through the story.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• His face is painted like a skeleton, his mask is horned and he’s surrounded by flames.
  — Hector Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• Thinking quickly, Jordan reached for a ring of old skeleton keys on his leather belt.
  — Erin Clark, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
• The popularity of the big skeletons, however, could wane this year.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2024
• The discovery of a skeleton in Pottstown, Pa., opens out to a story of integration and community.
  — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024