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cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, wasted
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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 | Crobinson@al.com, al, "Skeletal remains found in camper off busy Brighton road," 8 Aug. 2019 Here rest the skeletal remains of more than 100 wooden steamships, hastily built for World War I before eventually winding up on the Potomac River in Charles County, Md. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "Jagged remains of more than 100 ghostly ships rest forever in Mallows Bay," 7 Aug. 2019 In one mass grave, forensic analysts found 136 skeletal remains of children who averaged 6 years of age. — Washington Post, "El Salvador judge orders new charges for El Mozote massacre," 19 July 2019 The skeletal remains did not show signs of trauma, police said. — Fox News, "Oklahoma teens find human leg bone with shoe still attached: police," 16 July 2019 His policy operation during the 2016 campaign was skeletal. — New York Times, "Behind Trump’s Plan to Overhaul the Government: Scaling Back the Safety Net," 21 June 2018These 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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