How to Use skull in a Sentence

skull

noun
  • He had a fractured skull.
  • All that was left was her skull.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Jokes aside, the derelict skulls touched her.
    — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • His throat was slit and his skull was crushed.
    — Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was a bullet hole in the skull.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Hogan's skull and some skin were found in Gein's house.
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The whole top of her skull was gone, and blood was streaked along her back.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • But what set this creature apart were its teeth and skull.
    — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The girl had bite marks on both sides of her skull, Lew said.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Hogan's skull and the skin from her face were found in Gein's house.
    — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The chief said the sergeant was struck in the head and his skull was fractured.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Police said there was no sign of trauma to the skull.
    — Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Police added that no trauma was found on the skull.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no trying to find the skull beneath the skin.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The girl was injured, with a fracture to her skull.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Sweeney also wore skull sandals in pink leather.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • When the swelling on his brain goes down enough, the piece of skull can to be replaced.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Fill each well of the skull cake pan no more than ¾ full—about ½ cup of batter each.
    — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • First, the skull weakens and distorts sound waves.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • He was anesthetized, his skull was cut open, and his brain began to move.
    — Dan Rockmore, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Did Ed Gein make a bowl out of human skulls?
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The songs and chants will penetrate your skull, and won’t fade for days.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • She’s made up her face to look like a skull and holds a candle under her chin.
    — Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The skull vault curved like that of Homo sapiens.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The pins went through the scalp and were docked on the surface of her skull with numbing cream.
    — Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • His whole skull exploded into blood right in front of me.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But skull mounts are different.
    — Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The front of the card features a skull and purple tulips at the bottom.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The hind quarter of her brain visibly poked out of the base of her skull.
    — Dell Cameron, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Assad was found bleeding on the floor with a fractured skull.
    — oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2023

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