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One could see her bony ankles and her dried-up calves covered with coarse blue stockings shaking horribly. She was digging the soil with her crooked fingers, as though she were trying to make a hole in which to hide herself.
On voyait ses chevilles osseuses et ses mollets secs enveloppés de gros bas bleus frissonner horriblement; et elle creusait le sol de ses doigts crochus comme pour y faire un trou et s'y cacher.
Maupassant, Guy de / Little Louise RoqueMaupassant, Guy de / La petite Roque
La petite Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Little Louise Roque
Maupassant, Guy de
Santobono went off backwards, his big bony figure bending double with repeated genuflections.
Il s’en allait à reculons, avec des saluts qui pliaient en deux sa grande taille osseuse.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
'So you have made an arrangement with Naudet, eh?' asked Mahoudeau, whose bony cheeks seemed to have grown yet more hollow.
«Alors, tu as traité avec Naudet? demanda Mahoudeau, dont le visage osseux d’affamé s’était creusé encore.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
Such a face would, with advancing age, become too bony, as fleshless as that of a knight errant.
Avec l’âge, cette tête devait prendre un caractère osseux trop prononcé, une maigreur de chevalier errant.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
An abomination of Chaine's, a 'Christ pardoning the Woman taken in Adultery,' made them pause; it was a group of dry figures that looked as if cut out of wood, very bony of build, and seemingly painted with mud.
Une abomination de Chaîne les arrêta, un Christ pardonnant à la femme adultère, de sèches figures taillées dans du bois, d’une charpente osseuse violaçant la peau, et peintes avec de la boue.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
He walked on for a minute in silence, swaying his tall bony frame, which looked as if it had been roughly fashioned with a hatchet.
Il marcha un instant en silence, déhanchant son grand corps maigre taillé à coups de hache.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
He had an ungainly, bony figure, huge feet and knotted hands, with a seamy tanned face lighted by extremely keen black eyes.
Il avait de grands pieds, des mains noueuses, une face couturée et tannée, que des yeux noirs, très vifs, éclairaient.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
"Young man, you are welcome," growled Tom, thrusting a hard, bony hand towards the youth, as a pledge of his sincerity; "in such times, a white face is a friend's, and I count on you as a support.
– Vous êtes le bien-venu, jeune homme, grommela Tom en offrant à Deerslayer une main dure et osseuse, comme un gage de sa sincérité ; dans un temps comme celui-ci, tout visage blanc est celui d’un ami, et je compte trouver en vous un appui.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Another, a plump blonde, was wildly, desperately kissing one of the golden arms of the throne-chair, on which the old man's poor, bony elbow had just rested.
Une autre, une grosse blonde ; s’acharnait, mangeait des lèvres, éperdument, un des bras dorés du fauteuil, où s’était posé le pauvre coude frêle du vieillard.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Harris is what you would call a well-made man of about number one size, and looks hard and bony, and the man measured him up and down, and said he would go and consult his master, and then come back and chuck us both into the river.
Harris est ce qu’on peut appeler un homme grand et bien bâti, et il a l’air rudement costaud. Le type le mesura de haut en bas, et dit qu’il allait consulter son maître, et puis qu’il reviendrait nous flanquer à l’eau.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
He is tall and bony.
Il est grand, osseux.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
A tall, bony colored woman now entered the kitchen, bearing on her head a basket of rusks and hot rolls.
Une femme de couleur, grande et décharnée, entra portant sur sa tête un panier de biscottes et de petits pains chauds.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Then he bowed respectfully to Cardinal Sanguinetti, who went off accompanied by another cardinal, a very thin and tall man, with a grey, bony, ascetic face.
Il s’inclina respectueusement devant le cardinal Sanguinetti, qui s’en allait en compagnie d’un autre cardinal, très maigre, très grand, avec une figure grise et longue d’ascète.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile

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bony

adjective
Positive degreebony
Comparative degreebonier
Superlative degreeboniest