to the bone
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So when Mary, soaked to the bone and tail between her legs, comes asking for the perfect dress, Sam can only scoff.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Carl Bembridge, from Bristol, began an apprenticeship at Redfield's Cohesion Hair as a "shy" schoolboy, having undergone 11 operations due to the bone condition rickets.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
As always, the final scene cuts to the bone, with Ms. Metcalf’s Linda presiding with emotional exhaustion over Willy’s grave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
In some places, it cut to the bone.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
As you watched him run to his car, the rain soaking him to the bone, you wondered how you’d ever gotten so lucky.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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