Examples of “skeleton” in a Sentence

noun The framework of bones supporting a human or animal body.

• The museum displayed a full dinosaur skeleton.
• The vet showed us an X-ray of the cat's skeleton to find the broken bone.
• Scientists found a nearly complete whale skeleton buried in the cliff.

noun The basic framework or outline of something, before it is filled in with detail.

• She wrote a skeleton of the plot before adding any dialogue.
• The team agreed a rough skeleton of the schedule and left the details until Monday.
• This document is only a skeleton, so please add your own examples.

noun A winter sport in which the athlete lies face-down on a small sled and speeds head-first down an icy track.

• He won a bronze medal in skeleton at the Winter Olympics.
• Skeleton looks terrifying on television because the riders go so fast, so close to the ice.
• She trained for years to compete in skeleton, and she loves the speed.