a bony piece of fish
that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved
Recent Examples on the WebLift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024 Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023 The climb glided easily across the scalp without tugging at our strands and didn't ever cause us any discomfort or pain (even on the bonier parts of the head).—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023 Then stand or sit while bending forward at the waist, pinching the soft part of the nose below the bony portion on both sides for 10 minutes.—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bony
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