variants
or less commonly boney
bonier; boniest
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Examples of bony in a Sentence
a bony piece of fish
that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
The climb glided easily across the scalp without tugging at our strands and didn't ever cause us any discomfort or pain (even on the bonier parts of the head).
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Then stand or sit while bending forward at the waist, pinching the soft part of the nose below the bony portion on both sides for 10 minutes.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
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Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 16 Oct. 2024
Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
The climb glided easily across the scalp without tugging at our strands and didn't ever cause us any discomfort or pain (even on the bonier parts of the head).
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
Then stand or sit while bending forward at the waist, pinching the soft part of the nose below the bony portion on both sides for 10 minutes.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for bony
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“Bony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bony. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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bony
adjective
bonier; boniest
1
: of or relating to bone
the bony structure of the body
2
: full of bones
3
: resembling bone especially in hardness
a bony substance
4
: having large or noticeable bones
a bony face
5
Medical Definition
bony
adjective
variants
also boney
bonier; boniest
: consisting of or resembling bone
bony prominences of the skull
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