marrowless
- a word derived from marrow.
Example Sentences
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We cannot think of poor Falstaff going to bed without his cup of sack, or Macbeth fed on bones as marrowless as those of Banquo.
From Chronicles of the Canongate by Scott, Walter, Sir
The auditory nerves were shrivelled and marrowless, the arteries running along them stretched, as if over a crow-quill, and knotty.
From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton
But, instead of standing there using vague generalities, it would be interesting if you would tell us what these old marrowless truths are, that we are nourished on.
From An Enemy of the People by Sharp, R. Farquharson (Robert Farquharson)
The bones are the master-key; the marrowless bones are the talisman of all life and power in Art.
From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
It is unnecessary to record the slight, graceful, marrowless talk into which he drew Mysie, and by which he both bewildered and bewitched her.
From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George
