How to Use skeletonize in a Sentence

skeletonize

verb
  • But one of my favorites this year was skeletonized.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Hand-skeletonizing a movement in this way can take up to a month—and leaves no margin for error.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Adult beetles skeletonize leaves and flowers, while their larvae, or grubs, damage grass roots in the soil.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • The leaves will be skeletonized or defoliated, or the needles of conifers will be chewed down to the branches.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Adult beetles chew leaf tissue, leaving the foliage skeletonized and lacy-looking.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Their feeding results in lacy-looking or skeletonized foliage, says Geiger.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Adult beetles skeletonize foliage, while their larvae, known as grubs, feed on grass roots, resulting in brown patches and dying lawns.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
  • The Nomade’s movement was skeletonized entirely by hand using a hacksaw.
    — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Inside the bag was a woman’s partially skeletonized decomposing torso, with the head, arms and legs missing.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Among the most harrowing was an overhead photograph of Rivas’ body pieced back together on a metal table, her face skeletonized.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026
  • Japanese beetles are persistent and cause severe cosmetic damage to zinnias’ leaves and flowers, leaving leaves skeletonized and lacy-looking.
    — The Spruce, 21 July 2026
  • The Nomade transforms from a pocket watch into a table clock and features a movement skeletonized entirely by hand using a traditional hacksaw.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Japanese beetles also skeletonize the foliage of roses, hollyhocks, and ornamental trees.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • Inside the 45 mm titanium case lies the watchmaker’s signature skeletonized flying tourbillon and a power reserve indicator that is built like a fuel gauge.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Visible through the dial opening and sapphire case back is a new, smaller and partly skeletonized version of its in-house Meca10 manual-wind movement with a power reserve of 240 hours.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities said that partial skeletonized remains were found on June 2, 1998, in the Hogsprings area near Ticaboo within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • The remains of Melissa Casias were skeletonized when a hiker found them on May 28 in the McGaffey Ridge area of the Carson National Forest, a spokesperson for the New Mexico State Police confirms to PEOPLE.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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