Explore Bones through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like castanets or clappers. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Bones in a sentence
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Bones meaning
plural of bone
Synonyms of Bones
Using Bones
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of bone
- Useful related words include: castanets, clappers, finger cymbals, maraca.
- In the example corpus, bones often appears in combinations such as: the bones, bones and, bones of.
Context around Bones
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bones
- In this selection, "bones" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dinosaur, strong, knuckle, chicken, short and start stand out and add context to how "bones" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affected their bones and she and and your bones start to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bones" sits close to words such as matching, triggered and climb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bones
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Delicate hyoid bones--the bones that support and ground the tongue--still preserved. (13 words)
Strong bones and teeth: Milk is a source of calcium, which is essential for healthy, strong bones. (17 words)
The small bones of which the hadith spoke were the bones of the hand, or so Yahya had read. (19 words)
This is highly unlikely since the apocryphal Acts states that his bones were burnt to dust and that relics of some of his bones are stored in a church today; on the other hand, the fire in the apocryphal Acts could have cremated only some of his bones. (48 words)
The Wades converted some of the dinosaur bones for their own use to sell at gem and mineral shows, then sold some of the dinosaur bones to the Willings through the Willings’ company JMW Sales, the indictment says. (38 words)
After being advised that the bones of 3rd-century bishop Babylas were suppressing the god, he made a public-relations mistake in ordering the removal of the bones from the vicinity of the temple. (34 words)
J. Lo had the bones beneath her chest outlined in white paint and her entire face, save for her cheek bones and nose, was painted, too! (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
The broth is a days-long process that starts with simmering beef knuckle bones, chicken bones and short rib bones for hours.
They are responsible for the formation of the diaphyses of long bones, short bones and certain parts of irregular bones.
This is highly unlikely since the apocryphal Acts states that his bones were burnt to dust and that relics of some of his bones are stored in a church today; on the other hand, the fire in the apocryphal Acts could have cremated only some of his bones.
I do light weight sometimes because weight-bearing exercise helps your bones and your bones start to thin at this age.
The Wades converted some of the dinosaur bones for their own use to sell at gem and mineral shows, then sold some of the dinosaur bones to the Willings through the Willings’ company JMW Sales, the indictment says.
According to the biblical narrative (), Ezekiel is brought to a valley filled with dry, lifeless bones and asked by God if these bones can live again.
J. Lo had the bones beneath her chest outlined in white paint and her entire face, save for her cheek bones and nose, was painted, too!
Meanwhile, Emily was treating children with diseases that affected their bones, and she noticed that weak bones could lead to weak muscles.
Strong bones and teeth: Milk is a source of calcium, which is essential for healthy, strong bones.
The small bones of which the hadith spoke were the bones of the hand, or so Yahya had read.
In fact all bones have some level of fluorescence – it’s just that most bones can’t be seen from outside the skin of the creature in question.
The two men were found with 16 pieces of bones in Machinga and they said there were human bones of a person with albinism.
Between the hook bones (hips) and the pin bones (beside the tail head) is where we measure rump fat, which is another place to determine the external fat on the animal.
Delicate hyoid bones--the bones that support and ground the tongue--still preserved.
Sherin suffered injuries to her upper-arm bones and fractures in her leg bones that were in various stages of healing, according to a court testimony.
The same thing happens when we don’t use our bones as lying in bed for long lengths of time or flying in space will lead to weaker bones.
Trudel said the reason why runners have lower fat levels in their bones is because they are doing impact exercises that puts pressure on the bones.
When we do not receive enough vitamin D, we may be at risk of developing bone abnormalities like soft bones (osteomalacia) or fragile bones (osteoporosis).
According to Lionel Dahmer, his son was "oddly thrilled" by the sound the bones made, and instantly developed a fixation for playing with and collecting animal bones.
After being advised that the bones of 3rd-century bishop Babylas were suppressing the god, he made a public-relations mistake in ordering the removal of the bones from the vicinity of the temple.
Common combinations with bones
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bones 36×
- bones and 32×
- bones of 15×
- bones in 15×
- broken bones 15×
- and bones 14×
- of bones 13×
- bones are 11×
- bones were 8×
- bones from 8×