How to Use skeletal in a Sentence

skeletal

adjective

• 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
• Evolving to be bipedal changed a number of things about the human skeletal structure.
  — Anna Goldfield, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2021
• 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
• The latest surge in tension comes at a time when the United States has a skeletal staff at its embassy in Havana.
  — New York Times, 9 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Starting with the skeletal shape and negative space as a baseline, Selon and his team could add vein-like root systems and dark but vibrant shades of green into the details of Rio’s road look.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
• Mutations in the genes that code for microRNAs can lead to eye and skeletal disorders, as well as congenital hearing loss.
  — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024