How to Use marrow in a Sentence

marrow

noun
  • The marrow is a nice treat for humans and pets.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Torts’s turn to wring the marrow out of a team of misfit toys.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The shop also sells beef tallow, duck eggs, marrow bones and raw dog food.
    — Dallas News, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Outside, a cold damp wind blew, piercing through our flesh all the way to the marrow.
    — Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Arrange the marrow bones on oval serving plates.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Suck the marrow out of life as the moon and Venus harmonize.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t let any marrow still attached to the bones or in the strainer go unused!
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Remove the marrow from the bones with marrow spoons or butter knives.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Plan during camp how to suck the marrow out of this season and still enjoy the rest of your life.
    — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 30 July 2021
  • Grilling it with the bone in will yield a juicier steak that gets rich, buttery flavor from the marrow.
    — Tina Martinez, Good Housekeeping, 15 May 2023
  • Stem cells must be released from the marrow into the blood so they can be collected.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Matching to be a blood stem cell or marrow donor is more complicated than blood type.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Do not discard the bones, as the marrow will continue to melt into the broth.
    — New York Times, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The idea was to wipe out the bone marrow from which immune cells arise, then replace it with new marrow from a donor.
    — Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no need for pitmasters to grind and smoke their own brisket hot dogs or slow roast marrow bones for dipping jus.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • There are also venison and pig trotter pies, each lanced with an enormous marrow bone.
    — Caitie Kelly Wei Tchou Julia Halperin Tom Delavan Lane Nieset Gage Daughdrill, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Blood and marrow transplants have been around as leukemia treatments for almost 70 years.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 10 Feb. 2022
  • While any bones will work, the bones with meat, marrow, and connective tissue still clinging to them are a great choice.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Imagine if its teeth were so long as to be absurd, but rendered with precise detail down to the marrow.
    — Julie Muncy, Wired, 24 Nov. 2020
  • This book by Jessamine Chan crept its way into my marrow and refused to get out.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Puzey is strengthening his mind and body in preparation for a bone-marrow transplant.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2021
  • An icy wind, blowing fiercely from the West, chilled the audience to the marrow.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Together with the subjects in the picture, the soil speaks of Mali’s flesh and marrow.
    — Zoë Hopkins, New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This one is infused with marrow and topped with radish, plus more onion, cilantro and salsa on those beautiful blue corn tortillas.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • So forget cotton, which retains moisture like a sponge and can chill your winter-fishing bones to the marrow.
    — John Perritano, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2020
  • If overcooked, the marrow will liquefy.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • At that point, doctors must clear the patient’s marrow with intensive chemotherapy to make way for the new cells.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Her treatments involved months of chemotherapy and a bone-marrow transplant.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • But this portrait is too clean, too unquestioning, too accepting, to get to the marrow.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2021
  • In their marrow is a music that’s a seamless amalgam of country, bluegrass, jazz and early rock-and-roll.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2020

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