How to Use off the bone in a Sentence

off the bone

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Definition of off the bonenext
  • Cut steaks off the bone, then slice meat across the grain.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Eve is the last day for eating the ham off the bone, OK?
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Shred or pull the chicken meat off the bone and return the meat to the pot.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The lamb is seasoned with za'atar then braised in the oven until the meat falls off the bone.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • When the meat cools, pull it off the bone and cut it with the skin into large shreds or strips.
    — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
  • At this point, the ribs should be easy to pull apart, but should not be falling off the bone.
    — Kellie Speed, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The pork simply slips off the bone like a fine silk dress and collapses in your mouth.
    — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022
  • The chicken should be falling off the bone and become quite tan as well.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The best way to eat meat is straight off the bone or out of the shell—with your bare hands, BA’s Serena Dai writes.
    — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Or torn or strained or in the case of Ken Griffey Jr., ripped completely off the bone.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 June 2021
  • Her method is a foolproof way to get that chicharrón as well as tender meat that falls off the bone.
    — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Cover the tagine or Dutch oven, transfer to the oven and braise for 40 minutes, or until the chicken is tender and starts to fall off the bone.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Cover with foil, making sure to tuck the corners tight, and bake for 1.5 to 2 hours, until the meat is tender and sliding off the bone.
    — Anita Jaisinghani, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The meaty ribs are roasted, low and slow, until the succulent pork is easily nudged off the bone.
    — Sharyn Jackson, Star Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
  • But in matters of food, few things bring me more joy than the primal activity of eating meat from a shell or off the bone with just my hands.
    — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Finally, it's simmered in a cascade of San Marzano tomatoes until the meat is falling off the bone.
    — Janelle Davis, CNN, 22 May 2022
  • Bring to a simmer and cook steadily until the meat is tender and practically falling off the bone, 2 to 3 hours.
    — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Reduce the heat to medium, partially cover and cook until the meat is extremely tender and falls off the bone, 3 to 4 hours.
    — Amethyst Ganaway, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The melty flesh slips off the bone with remarkable ease and rests in a velvety, sweet sauce that virtually eliminates any hint of gaminess.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Sharp knives designed for the task are the difference between mangled, wasted fish and clean fillets that come off the bone quickly and easily.
    — Justin Park, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2022
  • There were special-occasion meals, such as turkey meatloaf, in which Maris would remove the skin from a fresh turkey, carve the flesh off the bone, grind it with spices, press the ground meat back on the breastbone and cover it with skin.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • In one corner, a meat carver slices ribbons of Iberico off the bone and serves four-month-aged manchego at the Jamoneria, a kind of ham-centric charcuterie station.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Shrimp in the har gow had better be sealed within a crystalline wrapper made of wheat and tapioca starches; chicken feet should be so tender that the skin slips off the bone like threadbare stockings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • But with time, the lowly pigs feet transform into a succulent masterpiece, slipping easily off the bone.
    — Kaila Yu, Glamour, 26 May 2021
  • These injuries have ranged from the minor and annoying—like piriformis syndrome, which causes a physical pain in the butt—to the major and frightening, like tearing all of my hamstring tendons off the bone at once.
    — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 3 Feb. 2023
  • What’s more, clothes get gross pretty quickly in space because of the two-hour daily exercise regimen that space going humans must complete to stave off the bone and muscle loss caused by micro-gravity.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2021
  • The menu at this unpretentious, modern eatery is international, with a few hints of alpine influence — meat eaters will love the tender beef ribs that fall off the bone, and for vegans, there's a veggie tajine over cranberry couscous.
    — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2022
  • After old and young rats were joined for many months, the bones of both animals became similar in weight, volume and density, thus helping to ward off the bone brittleness that typically accompanies old age.
    — Elie Dolgin, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2021

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