How to Use long bone in a Sentence

long bone

noun
  • These are areas of cartilage at the ends of long bones that allow the bones to grow longer and wider.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The tibia is a long bone, the second longest in the body, in the leg that spans from the ankle to the knee.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Scratches inside her cranium point to the removal of her brain, while long bones like the humeri, femur, and ulna were carved down to sharp points.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 June 2026
  • The largest of the two is the metatarsophalangeal joint (MTP), where the first long bone of the foot (metatarsal) meets the first bone of the toe (phalanx).
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers also found that at least four of the woman’s long bones – femur (or thigh bone), humerus from both upper arms and ulna from the forearm – were modified before she was laid to rest.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Furthermore, four of the woman’s long bones (both humeri, the left ulna, and the left femur) showed marks that had previously been identified as tooth marks, suggesting rodents had gnawed at the bones.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
  • Other skulls and long bones uncovered at the site, which Carr says was among the most important in Miami-Dade, were destroyed by a gang of marauding boys.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • Other archaeologists remain unconvinced that the woman’s brain had been removed or that the long bones had been deliberately whittled down into tools.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2026
  • When the three-level altar was excavated from the test pit, the project archaeologists discovered four human skulls abutting the monument, along with several long bones, which are believed to be femurs.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Medullary bone is temporary tissue that forms inside a cavity in long bones of birds and dinosaurs to provide calcium for eggshells, and was previously used in research to identify a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex in 2016.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • On June 17, 2022, 23 years after Kinney disappeared, a family searching for seashells found a long bone sticking out of the sand on Salmon Creek Beach.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Investigators later searched the Ephrata home and storage unit of Jonathan Christ Gerlach, 34, and reported finding more than 100 human skulls, long bones, mummified hands and feet, two decomposing torsos and other skeletal items.
    — Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026

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