How to Use skeletal in a Sentence

skeletal

adjective
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  • 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
  • The giant cranes that fill the sky like skeletal bridges hummed to life.
    — Don Lee, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • In its most skeletal form, the plot reads as a provocation, even if the meat of the film is quite different.
    — CNN, 20 Dec. 2021
  • 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
  • Readers marveled that such a skeletal form could still bring them to tears.
    — Mark Greif, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Police found the three brothers in the apartment, as well as the skeletal remains that are suspected to belong to the 9-year-old.
    — Fox News, 25 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • The portrait is displayed above a brown end table with a vase of red roses in the back of a large, black dining table holding dozens of skull heads, a Halloween skeleton torso and a skeletal hand.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Now scientists say skeletal remains found in a well at Norway’s Sverresborg castle are those of the mysterious figure mentioned in a medieval saga.
    — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024

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