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How to use skull in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Skull means the main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible. Example: “Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.”

Examples of skull by meaning

nounThe main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

  • He was about to roar when, lying among the black sticks and straw under the cliff, he saw a whole skull—perhaps a cow's skull, a skull, perhaps, with the teeth in it.1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC...

nounThe mind or brain.

  • My thoughts are flying around in my skull like fireflies in a jar, but all of a sudden I'm unbearably tired and can't stay awake.2006, Bart Yates, The Brothers Bishop

verbTo strike the top of (the ball).

  • Monte swung so hard at the next ball that he skulled it straight right, into the pond: 8 in, 9 out.2002, Robert C. Knox, Golf Balls Are Female, page 148

verbTo drink everything that remains in a glass by upending it.

  • She nearly skulled the next drink and, despite feeling a little woozy, she felt a lot better.2016, Karen Nolan, The Y Necklace
  • That was at Jessica Eyre's sixteenth, and while nothing terrible had happened (I had skulled four Lemon Ruskis and fallen asleep in the garden), it was agreed by all that I had embarrassed myself.2021, Mary Fifield, Kristin Thiel, Fire & Water
  • He lifted his pint to skull what was left, but suddenly the whole thing— the smell of smoke and spilled beer, the flat Glasgow voices, the chiming of the cash register, the clatter of glasses— was somehow too much.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337

More sentences with skull

  • Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.From the entry phrenology
  • The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.From the entry articulate
  • I'm hanged if I know how to get the idea through his thick skull!From the entry hanged
  • That screaming, flaming skull in the closet totally scared the bejesus out of me!From the entry bejesus
  • One common ceratopsian feature is a frill extending from the back of the skull.From the entry ceratopsian
  • He was such a dyed-in-the-wool partisan that I just couldn't get it through his skull.From the entry get through
  • The capacity of the Neanderthal skull was 10% larger than that of modern humans.From the entry neanderthal
  • The mighty warrior all tocracked that heathen's skull with one blow of his mighty club.From the entry tocrack
  • The skull contains a number of foramina through which arteries, veins, nerves, and other structures enter and exit.From the entry foramen
  • Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.From the entry hemotympanum
  • The width of the skull is 18 cm and the length 24 cm, so the cranial index is 75.From the entry cranial index
  • Intentional skull reshaping is found in burials across Asia, Europe and Mesoamerica.2023 August 18, Mindy Weisberger, “Long-standing mystery of modified human skulls in ancient Japan solved by new analysis”, in CNN. From the entry reshape
  • During a skull reading, a phrenologist would measure and carefully feel a person’s head.2023 November 17, Kendra Cherry, “How a Phrenology Head Was Traditionally Used”, in Verywell Mind, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2025. From the entry phrenologist
  • Bones available for purchase range from loose femurs to articulated spines to fetal skulls and beyond.2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The…. From the entry exploded skull
  • Phrenology was the practice of correlating bumps on a skull with mental powers and attributes of character.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 86. From the entry phrenology
  • A fiery streak penetrates your skull, trying to force your eyes open.2019 October 15, ZA/UM, Robert Kurvitz, quoting Limbic System, Disco Elysium, →OCLC. From the entry fiery
  • In form, cervellières have a low, rounded skull and extremely shallow cheeks.2018, Douglas Strong, Surviving Examples of Early Plate Armour (1300-1430): Volume I: Bascinets, ISD LLC, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry cervelliere
  • My driver has not taken a blow to the skull, so he will be more sure-handed.”2015, Jo Ann Ferguson, An Unexpected Husband: A Regency Romance, →ISBN. From the entry sure-handed
  • The anapsid skull: snub-nosed like an artillery shell, shockingly powerful and primitive.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 186. From the entry anapsid
  • In middle of stage is great big meerkat skull with flamey eyes.2012, Aleksandr Orlov [pseudonym], Vassily the King of Rock (Meerkat Classics), London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry flamey
  • Kids are force-fed the Kool-Aid while their skulls are still soft.2011, Jim Cuba, Running with My Pants Down, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry kool-aid
  • Her skull had been shattered by a shotgun blast at close range.2010, Kathryn Casey, Shattered: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder, back cover. From the entry Belinda
  • As Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted platinum skull has recently indicated, Death’s formidability often encourages extravagance.2007 October 10, Roberta Smith, “Going the Way of All Flesh, Artistically”, in New York Times. From the entry formidability
  • "The skull is all-purpose," said Sasha Frere-Jones, a music critic at The New Yorker.2006 July 27, David Colman, “The heyday of the dead”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry mallgoth
  • They MRIed her skull for thirty minutes, and two days later MRIed her spine for an hour.2005, Donald Hall, The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 99–100. From the entry MRI
  • Omars range in dimension from the size of your fist to the size of your skull.2005, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, volume 68, page 24. From the entry omar
  • But is the human hyoid nevertheless absolutely deprived of the lateral parts of the skull?2004, Herve Le Guyader, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: A Visionary Naturalist, page 162. From the entry styloid
  • The mustelid head has a low, flat skull and short face with small ears and eyes.2004, Fred Cooke, The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide, University of California Press, page 134. From the entry mustelid
  • He wore a brush cut that looked like static electricity firing up from his pink skull.1999 April 4, Lance Morrow, “The Balkans' Heritage of Hatred”, in Time. From the entry brush cut
  • The skull and crossbones is, to be sure, a visual sign that communicates a very specific meaning.1994, William G. Boltz, The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System, New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society…. From the entry skull and crossbones
  • "Right at that thick picklehead skull of yours," he shouted, and did it again.1994, Richard Scheinin, Field of screams: the dark underside of America's national pastime. From the entry picklehead
  • You need to go in the backseat, scoop up all those little pieces of brain and skull.1994, Pulp Fiction, (Please provide the book title or journal name). From the entry scoop up
  • With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135. From the entry peruke
  • Nestled amid the weeds and debris near the bottom of the slope was a human skull.1987 July 27, Cristina Garcia, “Law: Casting A Net at Green River”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2025, retrieved 23 May…. From the entry more than one bargained for

Meaning of skull

  1. noun The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.
  2. noun These bones as a symbol for death; death's-head.
  3. noun The mind or brain.

Full definition of skull

Questions about skull in a sentence

How do you use skull in a sentence?
Skull is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.”
What is a short sentence with skull?
“Hemotympanum is often the result of basilar skull fracture.”
What does skull mean?
Skull means the main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

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