Example Sentences

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They classified 85 patients as skeletally mature and 45 patients as skeletally immature.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

“I don’t think many of us who are sort of the, let’s say, skeletally focused paleontologists have thought this would be possible, but I think it’s really eye-opening in that sense.”

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2021

With an ankle sprain, for instance, "In a child who's skeletally immature, the growth plate is just the weak link in the chain. And it could fracture or pull apart."

From US News • Sep. 21, 2016

His face, all creases and hollows and dark shadows, is more skeletally angular than Elvis’s ever was, and he looks ravaged by anxiety in a way Elvis never did.

From Time • Apr. 21, 2016

The skeletally slim are more apt to draw envy, and if you do play the skinnier-than-thou game you will be judged harshly if you gain an ounce.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2013