How to Use bone in a Sentence

bone

1 of 2 noun

• The handle of the knife is made from bone.
• We are all made of flesh and bone.
• The leg bone is connected to the knee bone.
• He broke a bone in his left arm.
• Hold the tail and pick the flaky white meat right off the bones.
  — David A. Brown, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• The scene shifts to a young male, who pulls a large bone from a skeleton.
  — Cat Bohannon, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2023
• Stewing a drumstick in the greens will leave the meat falling off the bone.
  — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• The structure was set on fire, and most of the bodies were reduced to bone.
  — Nina Strochlic, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• Aim to select the side with the thicker, sturdier bone.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• The bones of one man were found in the back seat on top of the bones of his beloved golden retriever.
  — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
• The bones are grilled and used to make a stock with kombu, ginger and scallion for the porridge.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
• Some symptoms of the disease might include a lump in the arm, leg, chest or pelvis, or a break in a bone.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
• Discard the neck bone (do not feed this to your dog), clean out the gizzard, and cut the rest of the giblets into bite-sized pieces.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2023
• Half her nose, her eyelids had been ripped from the bone and had moved sideways.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• The gold and diamond bone motif embroidered on the dress brought out the warm tones of the necklace and the ring.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
• The home has changed hands over the years and undergone several changes, though the bones remain the same.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
• Gooch said he was shot in his ankle and has broken bones in his foot.
  — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024
• Rather than fighting with the bones, like the exposed stone, the new pieces complement them.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 8 June 2023
• Don’t have a creative bone in your body, not even one to tackle no-sew projects?
  — Shelby Deering, Country Living, 10 Aug. 2023
• The meat contains no bones, feathers, beaks or hooves and does not need to be slaughtered.
  — Linda Qiu, New York Times, 21 June 2023
• One of the hallmarks of bone cancer is sudden and extreme growth.
  — Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2024
• The carpal tunnel is a narrow conduit in the wrist made up of small bones and soft tissues.
  — Benjamin Plackett, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2024
• Share [Findings] Chimpanzees have a bone in their hearts.
  — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024
• The cochlea is filled with fluid, is lined with 3,500 hair cells and is encased in a dense dome of bone with a tiny, round membrane.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• And don’t discard the bones once the soup is cooked; this is a rustic soup and one of the pleasures of it is pulling a bone out of the bowl and eating the meat from it.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• That prompted an online search for the bones, and they were later returned.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024
• Without this enzyme, these sugars build up in the eyes, heart, bones, and elsewhere.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2023
• The patella bone can be broken during a fall or an impact.
  — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Bone marrow is a soft, fatty tissue inside the center of the bones, where blood cells are made.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
• The pork chop bones are excavated for every last morsel of meat.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023

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bone

2 of 2 verb

• Moose are heavy, thus some hunters bone their meat in the field to lighten the loads.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2019
• Can Trump begin to bone up on the issues and seek a wider range of views?
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 May 2017
• At the heart of that process is a quality boning knife.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• Jeremy was unable to stop in time, T-boned the vehicle and was thrown off the bike.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2017
• The patrol car then spun to the right and was T-boned by another car, police said.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2020
• The van had been T-boned and crumpled by the big pickup, and it was wedged between the pickup and a traffic-light pole.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019
• Last month, a bicyclist near Pittsburgh was t-boned by a deer.
  — Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 12 May 2017
• It gets boned out before being rubbed down with a cure laced with spices like juniper and bay leaves.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 29 Mar. 2017
• It gets boned out before being rubbed down with a cure laced with spices like juniper and bay leaves.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 29 Mar. 2017
• No how matter tall and big-boned Benjamin might be, that’s not wideout weight.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 30 Apr. 2017
• Buy a quality honing steel with your boning knife and learn how to use it.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• In 2013, one of his deputies ran a traffic light and T-boned the car of a civilian driver, who was badly injured.
  — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 1 Sep. 2017
• And those who hunt in areas where the disease is known to occur should bone out their meat and not consume the brain, spine or lymph nodes, experts said.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2018
• For the outing, Jenner wore a floral chiffon frock by Duygu Ay Collection, cinched at the waist with a sheeny, boned corset.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Aug. 2019
• Six days after the photo, the car Richards was riding in went sideways, came to a stop and was T-boned by another vehicle.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2020
• Both ships made last-minute turns that resulted in the Stockholm T-boning the Andrea Doria.
  — Melissa Yeager, azcentral, 24 Jan. 2020
• The cargo ship, which is about four times heavier, nearly T-boned the Navy destroyer when much of the crew was asleep and the bridge likely manned by less than a dozen people, Tracy reports.
  — CBS News, 19 June 2017
• No media outlet reports that a pickup that got T-boned was a dark color or that a motorcycle didn’t have its daytime running lights on at the time of a crash.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2020
• Uchis wrapped up her Australian tour yesterday by posing in a garden wearing a semi-sheer, boned corset and a golden belt wrapped around her waist that spelled out her last name in large letters.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2019
• Last year, before his inaugural outing, the chef had to bone up on his testicle technique, on how best to handle the plump glistening organs.
  — USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2017
• Victoria’s date is next, because the producers have to put the person who asked the Bachelor not to bone the two other women after those two other women.
  — Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2020
• The confit, slowly cooked in duck fat, is rich, moist, easily boned, leaner than the duck version and astonishingly versatile.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2017
• Now, after time for commissioners to bone up on Airbnb, HomeAway and other short-term rental platforms — and more public meetings for the city planning staff and Airbnb hosts to iron out some differences — the ordinance is back on the agenda.
  — Diane Stafford, kansascity, 12 Aug. 2017
• That meant giving them a brief lesson on moose anatomy before handing out gloves and four-inch de-boning knives to start cutting under the supervision of Mason and a couple parent volunteers.
  — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2019
• Moose are heavy, thus some hunters bone their meat in the field to lighten the loads.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Sep. 2019
• Can Trump begin to bone up on the issues and seek a wider range of views?
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 11 May 2017
• At the heart of that process is a quality boning knife.
  — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 26 Nov. 2019
• Jeremy was unable to stop in time, T-boned the vehicle and was thrown off the bike.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2017
• The patrol car then spun to the right and was T-boned by another car, police said.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2020
• The van had been T-boned and crumpled by the big pickup, and it was wedged between the pickup and a traffic-light pole.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2019

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