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'bone' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'bone' with 20 example sentences.


bone adjective

: consisting of or made up of bone

bone noun

: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made

: a shade of white the color of bleached bones

bone verb

: study intensively, as before an exam

: remove the bones from


  • She gave her dog a bone.
  • Blood cells are made in the bone marrow.
  • It looks like a fish bone got stuck in my throat.
  • He was accused of stealing dinosaur bones.
  • I don't like to eat fish with many bones.
  • The spinal column is composed of twenty-four bones.
  • As far as I can tell, there are no broken bones.
  • We found human bones in this cave.
  • I got a bone-marrow transplant.
  • He broke some bones in his arm and hand.
  • The dog was busy burying his bone in the garden.
  • For whom have you brought the bone?
  • X rays are used to locate breaks in bones.
  • She is all skin and bone.
  • That scientist is looking for dinosaur bones in the valley.
  • He'll not live to make old bones.
  • The dog ate the fish, bones, tail and all.
  • I have a bone to pick with you.
  • He was chilled to the bone.
  • I'm soaked to the bone.
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