as in gaunt
suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease
the stray kitten's skeletal body was pitiful to look at
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Recent Examples of skeletal
Its skeletal frame features a composite beam lattice construction with metal joints.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Structurally, plans call for a skeletal frame featuring a lattice-style construction of composite beams supported by metal joints.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Two months later, in December of 2008, a meter reader found Caylee’s skeletal remains less than a mile from Casey’s parents house.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 24 Feb. 2025
Their swollen limbs, skeletal frames, and mewling cries of desperation are what keep me awake at night.
—Jennifer Furin, TIME, 19 Feb. 2025
Structurally, plans call for a skeletal frame featuring a lattice-style construction of composite beams supported by metal joints.
—New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
Two months later, in December of 2008, a meter reader found Caylee’s skeletal remains less than a mile from Casey’s parents house.
—Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for skeletal
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“Skeletal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skeletal. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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