How to Use to the bone in a Sentence

to the bone

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• And an 8-inch head wound had peeled part of his scalp to the bone.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
• This is bad to the bone, so to speak, causing very bad pain and swelling.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• That question either kills deals or slashes your price to the bone.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• One of his first patients was an infant girl whose leg was cut open to the bone by shrapnel.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
• Use a sharp knife to cut three deep (to the bone), diagonal slits on both sides of the fish.
  — Domenica Marchetti, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Thomas cut her spending to the bone, hoping that a few months of payments would get her out of debt.
  — Adam Friedman, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
• Her father is a drunk and her mother works her fingers to the bone to support her kids.
  — Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
• Avascular necrosis meant a loss of blood flow to the bone, killing tissue.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 13 Nov. 2024
• But that story takes up so much screen time that other aspects of her life and career were cut down to the bone.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
• Stacy's torso was nearly cut in half, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 24 Sep. 2025
• Stacy's torso was nearly cut in half, her throat was cut to her windpipe and her wrist was slashed to the bone.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
• Stripped to the bone and left to rot, Aurora is a survivor with a storied past.
  — CBS News, 26 June 2022
• Surgery also does not preclude an athlete from future injury to the bone.
  — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
• Fish collars are the offal of the ocean, among the tastiest parts of the fish, thanks in part to the bone that keeps them moist.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• The cancer has spread to the bone, his office said, but seems likely to respond to treatment.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 19 May 2025
• Score the flesh with a knife, parallel to the rib bones, down to the bone, 2 or 3 times on each side of the fish.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2022
• Further scans showed her cancer had returned and metastasized to the bone.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• Recent studies show that survival for men with prostate cancer that has spread to the bone is just under two years.
  — Alice Park, Time, 19 May 2025
• Find the seams in the meat, and slice a boning knife down the shoulder blade ridge where the muscles meet and attach to the bone.
  — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 18 Dec. 2025
• The roast tied to the bone benefits from the flavor of the bones and makes a nice presentation.
  — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025
• And for spider bites, some say that the bite from a wind scorpion leaves a gaping, gangrenous hole all the way to the bone.
  — Jeremy Hillpot, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2023
• Noah was naked, the base of his skull had been split in two, his spine was fractured and an 8-inch head wound peeled back part of his scalp to the bone.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• Efron looked, as meatheads would put it, ripped to the bone, with muscles that seemed ready to break free of his sunworshipper’s tan.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• That hugeness makes the quiet devastation on display here cut even deeper to the bone.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2022
• Based on real events of two decades ago, Holy Spider nonetheless cuts close to the bone in the here and now.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 18 Jan. 2023
• The former president has stage four prostate cancer that has spread to the bone, according to a statement.
  — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
• Some of those cells migrate to the bone marrow, which provides safe haven for their long-term antibody production.
  — Byjon Cohen, science.org, 11 Oct. 2024
• The other end of the spectrum are breaks that happen when a single application of force is applied to the bone.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• The school system has been reducing its budget for years and is now stripped to the bone, McCabe said.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2022
• On Friday, Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer, with the cells having spread to the bone.
  — Addy Bink, The Hill, 18 May 2025