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cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, wasted
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Jimenez's skeletal remains were found in Iraq in 2008. — Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, "Soldier's immigrant mother could be among the last to benefit from program," 22 Aug. 2019 Excavators in Regio V recently uncovered skeletal remains of four women, along with five or six children, in the innermost room of a villa. — Chiara Goia, Smithsonian, "The New Treasures of Pompeii," 21 Aug. 2019 Human remains: Police say bones found on Friday in Hudson have been identified as partial human skeletal remains, cleveland.com’s Robin Goist reports. — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland.com, "Cuyahoga County inmates likely to spend more time behind bars with Judge Joseph D. Russo: The Wake Up for Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019," 20 Aug. 2019 Now, full genomic analyses from 38 sets of skeletal remains upend that story. — Kristin Romey, National Geographic, "DNA study deepens mystery of lake full of skeletons," 20 Aug. 2019 Searchers on Saturday found what appeared to be the skeletal remains in the back bowls area of Vail Mountain, according to a news release from the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, "Remains found in Eagle County as crews searched for Chinese tourist reported missing since March," 18 Aug. 2019 Transcending the 200 years is an untimely death and the discovery at the house of skeletal remains. — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘An Experiment With An Air Pump’ an impressive production of Shelagh Stephenson play," 11 Aug. 2019 Stenton and his team have taken samples from skeletal remains and sent them to Lakehead University in Ontario. — National Geographic, "In 1845 explorers sought the Northwest Passage—then vanished," 8 Aug. 2019 An investigation is underway after skeletal remains were found Thursday off a busy western Jefferson County road. — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, "Skeletal remains found in camper off busy Brighton road," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'skeletal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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