How to Use wishbone in a Sentence

wishbone

noun

• Duke comes out and runs the damn (wishbone) against us to start the game.
  — Matt Zenitz | [e-mail], al, 13 Nov. 2019
• The wishbone is to blame for some of the drought, but that only accounts for the ‘60s and ‘70s.
  — Dallas News, 24 June 2022
• Landry knows that Kitchens isn’t afraid to call the trick play or even use the wishbone at times.
  — cleveland, 17 Dec. 2020
• Guys don’t go from running the wishbone to running to the run and shoot.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2023
• Teigen shared the outcome of the wishbone break in a cute video in a follow-up post.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2022
• When carving the turkey, set aside the wishbone to dry.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
• The practice of cracking a wishbone dates to the Etruscans in 800 B.C.E.
  — Ella Quittner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2022
• Use the heel of your hand to press down firmly on the thickest part of the breast, until the wishbone snaps.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2019
• Split him wide, line him up in the slot, use him as an fullback, an H-back or in the wishbone.
  — cleveland, 14 Aug. 2020
• The first two to arrive get to split the wishbone — the winner gets a wish, second place gets first pick of the desserts!
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2019
• Prescott’s scar, on the inside of his right ankle, looks like a wishbone.
  — Scott Bell, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
• Back then, the wishbone was from chickens and wasn’t broken.
  — Rebecca Norris, Country Living, 29 Aug. 2023
• Out of the wishbone, the Colts lined up middle linebacker Austin Young at halfback.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
• Jacksonville runs the triple-option, often out of the wishbone.
  — Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• Then the drainages that wrapped around her neighborhood like a wishbone were overwhelmed by a nor’easter in 2010.
  — Jen Schwartz, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2018
• There’s a double-wishbone suspension in the front and a four-link axle-type suspension in the back.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2021
• When asked about playing the three at the same time, Fisher even joked this week about bringing back the old Oklahoma wishbone from the 1970s.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 11 Dec. 2020
• At first, Jeon may appear to be stuck in a classic women’s role as Hae-mi—the wishbone being pulled on by two men.
  — John Powers, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2018
• Alabama’s wishbone ran for 471 yards and nine touchdowns, while the defense forced five turnovers and kept the Commodores on their end of the field on all but two drives.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 21 Sep. 2022
• There's all-new double-wishbone suspension at the front axle and a rigid rear axle (with trailing rods and a Panhard rod).
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2018
• The freshwater reservoir in northern Italy known for its wishbone shape and the fact that George Clooney is a resident.
  — Sara Lieberman, GQ, 3 Oct. 2017
• The play was called with the ball at Oregon State’s 28 as the coaches noted Stanford was over-pursuing in trying to stop the Beavers’ wishbone.
  — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023
• Jury had every kind of offense he's had to learn, including the throw-back wishbone for Williams Field.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022
• Wilbur Jackson arrived at just the right time at the start of the wishbone days as Alabama's first African-American high school signee.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky | [e-mail], AL.com, 16 May 2017
• Allen updated and added a pop of bold color to the dining room by adding a fresh coat of pink lacquer to the vintage wishbone dining chairs.
  — Blake Miller, House Beautiful, 9 Sep. 2020
• The double wishbone suspension at the front is entirely new—thanks to the tight packaging at the front, nothing off the shelf would have fit.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2019
• Handling also is helped by the new rear double-wishbone suspension and a more-rigid body.
  — G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram.com, 16 June 2017
• Then, after the dishes are done, have a wishbone-breaking contest.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2022
• Our two oldest children pulled the wishbone from our turkey at Thanksgiving and made a wish.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 20 May 2018
• Growing up, my cousins and I used to debate over who got to pull the wishbone after Thanksgiving dinner.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 11 Sep 2024