boned

past tense of bone

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for boned
Verb
  • King dressed for the interview in a vibrant Los Angeles Dodgers jacket, basking in the afterglow of their stunning World Series victory against the Toronto Blue Jays.
    Don Riddell, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Last year, when their baby boy was just a newborn, the family of three went as Kim Possible characters and dressed their child as Rufus, the naked mole rat.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Self-cleaning filters act as a garbage disposal and don't have food buildup that needs to be cleaned.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
  • It’s covered in stretch-resistant upholstery that won’t look worn over time and can be spot cleaned.
    Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Between the black skeletons of still-standing trees, black burn holes showed where the root systems of others had been eviscerated.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Trump has eviscerated the Office for Civil Rights, the avenue through which Jewish students once pursued legal protection.
    James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Historically, concrete production depended heavily on natural sand and gravel extracted from riverbeds, a practice that led to severe environmental degradation in some regions.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, are edible seeds extracted from pumpkins.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 Nov. 2025
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“Boned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boned. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.

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