boned

Definition of bonednext
past tense of bone

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boned
Verb
  • Some leaders from southern states also turned up in Parliament dressed in black as a mark of protest.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Comfortable, confidence-boosting styles like these Knix pieces make getting dressed that much easier.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The original engine and propeller were stripped apart, cleaned and reassembled and will lie on the museum floor for visitors to observe up close.
    Victoria Le, Oc Register, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Items sourced for free from curbsides or bulk trash can often be cleaned, refurbished, and resold, sometimes within hours.
    Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The rapid unraveling of Swalwell’s operation over the past 72 hours underscored both his limited political standing in California and the ruthlessness of party insiders, who eviscerated him on social media.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There may be a creative ceiling to watching scores of nameless inmates get inventively eviscerated, but thanks to its 11-minute segments, the ultraviolent comedy flies by.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Who knows if, in this upside-down world that currently weighs on her, the june bug can see the nearby corpse of another beetle, accidentally disemboweled by the home’s owner hours before, the white fat peeking out from her rear end like the materialization of her dying breath.
    María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Florida recently disemboweled college-level sociology textbooks.
    Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The money set aside to cover its share stands at almost three times the profit extracted from the UK auto finance unit over more than a decade, underscoring the severity of the capital drag.
    Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Astronauts Christina Koch and Victor Glover aboard a recovery ship after being extracted from the Artemis II capsule in the Pacific Ocean, following the Artemis II crew's flyby of the Moon, in this screengrab from a livestream video, April 10, 2026.
    Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boned. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.

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