Sentence examples for bones and shells from inspiring English sources

"I saw bones and shells and pieces of crockery".

They don't like dealing with food directly, touching it, cracking it, sucking on bones and shells.

BONES and shells give a good idea of the shapes of ancient animals, but their colours generally remain mysterious.

This occurs when the pores of the plant materials, bones, and shells are impregnated by mineral matter from the ground, lakes, or ocean.

Prehistoric implements used for cutting, hunting, and defense were fashioned from stone, especially flint; from obsidian, a volcanic glass; and from bones and shells.

THE WILD SIDE Until a few years ago, I tended to think of fossils as bones and shells -- the vestiges of animal skeletons.

Although they preserved the general structure of the bone-and-shell script, they were considerably elaborated and beautified.

Other items include beaded Blackfoot moccasins, Cheyenne bone-and-shell dance necklaces and Cherokee daggers fashioned from stag antlers and turquoise.

The site was found to have been tampered with as exposed bones and shell casings had been put into piles.

Each of the six platformed tents and outdoor bathroom areas outdoes the next, with chaise longues; kerosene lamps; tables carved from the wood of wrecked dhows and inlaid with ivory, bone, and shells; and an array of hide rugs.

The reason that bones, teeth and shells (and for that matter wood) are common as fossils is that they decay only very slowly.