On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Skeleton. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as frame or system and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Skeleton in a sentence
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Skeleton meaning
- The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.
- An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton.
- A very thin person.
Synonyms of Skeleton
Using Skeleton
- The main meaning on this page is: The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals. | An anthropomorphic representation of a skeleton. | A very thin person.
- Useful related words include: frame, underframe, skeletal frame, system.
- In the example corpus, skeleton often appears in combinations such as: the skeleton, skeleton crew, skeleton of.
Context around Skeleton
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Skeleton
- In this selection, "skeleton" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, giant, beaver, hydrostatic, puppets, drummers and costume stand out and add context to how "skeleton" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a beaver skeleton a beaver and a beaver skeleton they are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "skeleton" sits close to words such as aces, adapting and baltic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with skeleton
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Assuming the skeleton also elongates, there are organs to consider. (10 words)
Don't have a potion to banish that skeleton ready? (10 words)
The male skeleton, for example, is generally larger and heavier than the female skeleton. (14 words)
His 2013 study concluded that Ata was indeed human, and that the skeleton’s bones gave the impression that it was between the age of six and eight years old when it died—a very strange observation given the skeleton’s diminutive proportions. (43 words)
Restoration of the aurochs based on a bull skeleton from Lund and a cow skeleton from Cambridge, with chart of characteristic external features of the aurochs Horns Because of the massive horns, the frontal bones of aurochs were elongated and broad. (41 words)
A beaver skeleton A beaver skeleton They are known for their alarm signal: when startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will rapidly dive while forcefully slapping the water with its broad tail, audible over great distances above and below water. (40 words)
Don't have a potion to banish that skeleton ready? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
Giant skeleton puppets, free face painting, dance performances, and LED skeleton drummers are all part of the fun — and there are prizes for the best skeleton costume.
For The Skeleton Dance, he took single-frame photos of a human skeleton in varying positions, giving the illusion of a dancing skeleton.
A cast of the Lokiceratops skeleton now resides at the Natural History Museum of Utah, while the original skeleton was sent to be displayed in Denmark.
Throughout the yard you’ll find skeletons doing the limbo, skeletons fishing, a skeleton rescuing a skeleton cat from a tree, and much more.
His 2013 study concluded that Ata was indeed human, and that the skeleton’s bones gave the impression that it was between the age of six and eight years old when it died—a very strange observation given the skeleton’s diminutive proportions.
A beaver skeleton A beaver skeleton They are known for their alarm signal: when startled or frightened, a swimming beaver will rapidly dive while forcefully slapping the water with its broad tail, audible over great distances above and below water.
Afterward, the skeleton and head were preserved and stored in a wooden cabinet called the "Auto-icon", with the skeleton padded out with hay and dressed in Bentham's clothes.
Fluid skeletons Hydrostatic skeleton (hydroskeleton) main A hydrostatic skeleton is a semi-rigid, soft tissue structure filled with liquid under pressure, surrounded by muscles.
Her discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton correctly identified; the first two more complete plesiosaur skeletons found; the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany; and important fish fossils.
Restoration of the aurochs based on a bull skeleton from Lund and a cow skeleton from Cambridge, with chart of characteristic external features of the aurochs Horns Because of the massive horns, the frontal bones of aurochs were elongated and broad.
The male skeleton, for example, is generally larger and heavier than the female skeleton.
A coffin was exhumed, and on the inside, a skeleton was lying on top of soft woolen padding; a wool blanket tucked around it and wrapped snugly around its head.
After dislodging the giant skeleton’s eye with a precision arrow shot, they swap the wooden spear they have equipped for a stronger metal sword in order to destroy the eye and kill the Stalnox.
After the fire the lighthouse was never rebuilt, instead a skeleton tower was built in its place.
And in a particularly creepy image, “The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji,” a ghoul uses his skeleton hands to pull down a curtain and peer into the bed of the lovers who murdered him.
Appearing as a child, this means this is a Wolverine long before the metal resource known as Adamantium was forcefully attached to his skeleton, so his claws are simply comprised of bone.
Assuming the skeleton also elongates, there are organs to consider.
A woman behind the bar directed me to the box of menus, which was next to a moving, speaking, skeleton in a black cloak.
Don't have a potion to banish that skeleton ready?
From 1993 to 1999, Wolverine made due without his unbreakable skeleton, relearning how to be a hero and dealing with his own mutation.
Common combinations with skeleton
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the skeleton 32×
- skeleton crew 22×
- skeleton of 14×
- skeleton in 11×
- skeleton and 7×
- adamantium skeleton 7×
- skeleton was 6×
- skeleton is 6×
- skeleton from 6×
- wars skeleton 6×