1
2
as in heart
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions
I could feel in my bones that I had just met my future wife
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bones
Noun
-
Monday’s victory was only a month and a week removed from one of the more embarrassing losses of the Knicks season, an NBA Cup quarterfinal loss Young punctuated by rolling a set of imaginary die on The Garden’s center-court logo.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025 -
Chips will have between 10 and 24 cores and do not have memory on the die.—
Christopher Null,
WIRED,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
In the death chamber, Sigmon will be strapped to a chair and have a hood over his head and a target over his heart.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
22 Feb. 2025
-
In late January, an EKG and check-up showed his heart was operating normally.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
At the end of that movie, the calcified corpse of a Celestial emerged from the Indian Ocean. And apparently remained there until the events of Brave New World.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
-
The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death and then uses the spiders’ corpses to spread its spores.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
This inflates your belly with gas, giving them a better view inside.—
Joy Emeh,
Health,
15 Feb. 2025
-
These geckos have slender bodies, large eyes, and distinct coloring, with males displaying a bright yellow belly.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Marsh reported the carcasses to the Whiting Parks Department, who then found about 40 birds in the lake’s ice shelf.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
-
In India, vultures were nearly driven to extinction after scavenging on the carcasses of cows that had been given a common painkiller.—
Emily Elconin,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Gut Health Honey contains prebiotics, which are compounds that support the growth of beneficial bacteria in your gut.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
19 Feb. 2025
-
Prebiotics are infused with plant fibers that feed microorganisms living in our guts.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
According to Owens, excellence is impossible for a restless soul.—
Leslie D. Rose,
Parents,
19 Feb. 2025
-
Our pageant community has lost a beautiful soul — one who was a true light in this world.—
Vivian Kwarm,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Similarly, cardiology is leveraging radiopharmaceuticals for imaging blood flow and assessing heart function in unprecedented ways.—
Stephen Belcher,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
-
Another method that has gained popularity among tech-forward self-optimizers is to use a pinprick of blood to test your lactate levels intermittently throughout a workout.—
Alex Hutchinson,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Bones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bones. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share