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

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