Example Sentences

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The cosmic web is the immense, skeleton-like framework of the universe.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Now, MIT engineers have developed a spring-like device that could be used as a basic skeleton-like module for almost any muscle-bound bot.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

"There was a raging fire going through a skeleton-like building and it went from one to the next until there were dozens of destroyed structures."

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

White skeleton-like trunks, silhouetted by the cloudless blue sky, towered over a lush blanket of small trees, wildflowers and shrubs, a reminder of the region’s constant threat of wildfires and the resilience of nature.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

It seemed louder than the roar of the wind or the skeleton-like rustling of the tall swaying cane.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls