MARROW in a Sentence

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He gobbled them up like a lion in the wilderness, flesh, bones, marrow, and entrails, without leaving anything uneaten.

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 Meanings and Examples of MARROW
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marrow
 n.  tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the essence; the best part
Classic Sentence:
1  thrilled to what bit of marrow she had left.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  In truth, the very fact that there could be no love affair left her free to thrill to her very marrow with this other passion, the peculiar passion of knowing, knowing as he knew.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
3  He was a sportsman, was Godfrey, down to his marrow, and he wouldn't have stopped his training and let in his skipper if it were not for some cause that was too strong for him.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
4  The cold, that smote to my marrow, and the pain I felt in breathing, overcame me.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In XI
5  It was this glance which Fantine had felt penetrating to the very marrow of her bones two months previously.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER IV—AUTHORITY REASSERTS ITS RIGHTS
6  We feel it burning even to the very marrow of our bones, and we see it beaming in the very depths of heaven.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE
7  At his announcement d'Artagnan felt himself tremble to the very marrow of his bones.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII
8  Felton felt a shudder run to the marrow of his bones; probably Lord de Winter perceived this emotion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
9  He gobbled them up like a lion in the wilderness, flesh, bones, marrow, and entrails, without leaving anything uneaten.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK IX
10  The sensation was like being touched in the marrow with some pungent and searching acid, it set my very teeth on edge.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVIII
11  By nature grave and inarticulate, he admired recklessness and gaiety in others and was warmed to the marrow by friendly human intercourse.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
Example Sentence:
1  It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow.