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  • noun The state or quality of being boneless.

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Examples

  • Gabriel asked his brother without taking his eyes off Kit, as though her sudden bonelessness were . . . appetizing.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Gabriel asked his brother without taking his eyes off Kit, as though her sudden bonelessness were . . . appetizing.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Gabriel asked his brother without taking his eyes off Kit, as though her sudden bonelessness were . . . appetizing.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Gabriel asked his brother without taking his eyes off Kit, as though her sudden bonelessness were . . . appetizing.

    Slice Of Cherry Dia Reeves 2011

  • Personally therefore, they are unattractive , but the Party is so formless as to defeat any frontal assault by sheer bonelessness .

    Don't Vote for Iain Dale 2007

  • Still panting, Claudia eased herself away from him and tumbled off the arm onto the seat of the couch, her body flopping back onto the cushions, her very bonelessness screaming satisfaction.

    Hot For Him Mayberry, Sarah 2007

  • The bonelessness of satiation still infusing her, she rested her head on his chest, in the hollow below his shoulder.

    The Perfect Lover Laurens, Stephanie 2003

  • Gwyna brought her bread and cheese, and more of the doctored wine, while Erdric's grandson came and flung himself down on the cushions with the bonelessness of the very young and watched her as if he expected she might break apart at any moment.

    The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

  • The major collapsed with gruesome bonelessness, almost torn in two.

    The Guns Of The South Turtledove, Harry 1960

  • Here he was left to suffer and repent his foolish chattering, and to grow accustomed to his new state of bonelessness.

    Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Various

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