Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boned
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Edwards dressed in street clothes and watched from the sidelines for the sixth straight game.—
Lia Assimakopoulos,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026 -
And photos and videos after the storm showed undernourished Cubans, men, women and children dressed in rags and people barely managing in makeshift homes.—
David Goodhue
March 16,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The holding rooms also need to be cleaned at least once a day, and detainees need to have a medical screening within 12 hours of entry.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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To prolong their lifespan, plastic cutting boards can be put in the dishwasher for cleaning; wooden ones can be cleaned with a diluted bleach solution or disinfectant.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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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
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The match finished 5-1 to the visitors, who eviscerated Leeds in a second half which exposed their glass jaw and Championship fate.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Florida recently disemboweled college-level sociology textbooks.—
Megan Thiele Strong,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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The maximum penalty for treason against the king at that time was to be hung by the neck until the edge of death, then disemboweled and torn into four pieces — while still alive.—
William Doyle,
Boston Herald,
3 Dec. 2025
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Amnesty said Mohammadi denied the charges and retracted his confessions in court, saying they were extracted under torture.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Mar. 2026
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Amnesty said Mohammadi denied the charges and retracted his confessions in court, saying they were extracted under torture.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boned. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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