bony
Origin of bony
1Other words from bony
- bon·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby bony
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How to use bony in a sentence
And lest we think models are just bony arms and pretty faces, they frequently assure us that they are really, truly intelligent.
Miranda Kerr & Karlie Kloss Suffer From Model Denial | Lizzie Crocker | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe oarfish is the largest living bony fish, reaching up to 35 feet in length.
Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something? | Kevin Bailey | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA pair of giant, bony fish—one 18 feet long—have washed up on California beaches this week.
Fishy Mystery: Are Beached Oarfish Trying to Tell Us Something? | Kevin Bailey | October 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt reminded him of the man who had a poor old lean, bony, spavined horse, with swelled legs.
Did Abraham Lincoln Actually Say That Obama Quote? | James M. Cornelius | September 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSome were explicit, with messages written on them like that bony girl in the T-shirt.
Pro-Anorexia, Thinspirational Images on Pinterest: Threat of Self-Harm | Isabel Wilkinson | April 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Johnny the Itch pulled nervously at the wide-brimmed fedora jerked down on his bony skull.
Angular and bony, with slightly stooped shoulders, his face is a mass of minute wrinkles seamed on yellow parchment.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanIndeed, part of the bony structure had rolled clear of the shreds of tattered rags.
The Gold Trail | Harold BindlossVarious disorders of nutrition in the early years of life express themselves in bony deformities, and the skull is not spared.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThen she drew the glistening ring from the skeleton's bony hand, and placed it on her third finger.
They Looked and Loved | Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for bony
/ (ˈbəʊnɪ) /
resembling or consisting of bone or bones
having many bones
having prominent bones: bony cheeks
thin or emaciated: a bony old woman
Derived forms of bony
- boniness, noun
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