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

In his bosom lay the slight, skeleton-like body of his girl child, and he looked downinto the delicate bony face, and into the sharp, sad eyes that watched him unceasingly from his breast.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck