When he reached the house he was very happy, but made no allusion to his experience in Wishbone Valley, for fear of being laughed at.
Amos and I get the drumsticks; Mary wants the wishbone to put over the door for Hiram, but Helen gets it.
And you broke my poor old wishbone with your little sister, didn't you?
And so they argued for a few minutes, until their mother entered the room and told them that if they could not stop quarrelling over the wishbone she would take it from them and throw it into the fire.
So the girl placed a large piece of pie before him; and while he was eating with the keen appetite given him by the crisp air of Wishbone Valley, he heard a great clattering of hoofs coming down the road.
Donald ran up and down Wishbone Valley, calling upon them to stop, and declaring that if turkey should ever be put upon the table again he would eat nothing but the stuffing.
To Wishbone Valley, where you will see the spirits of my ancestors eaten by your family.
They seemed lost in a roseate repose, until Grace finally thought of the wishbone that they intended to break after dinner.
He was a brave, courageous boy, on most occasions, but the idea of going to Wishbone Valley when the stars were appearing filled him with a dread that he didn't like to acknowledge even to the ghost of a gobbler.
Replacing the string, the knife, the wishbone and the marbles, he ignited the match against the tightest part of his person and lit the cigarette.
He reached into the mysteries of his pocket and produced a piece of string, a knife, the wishbone of a fowl, two marbles, a crushed cigarette, and a match.
All the wishing in the world won’t help you,” she answered, “unless we can find some way of removing the wishbone so you can wish on that.
Not having a wishbone of my own, I forgot that you had one.
You see what Peg's wishbone did," said Peter triumphantly.
I'm to hold the wishbonewith both hands, like this, and walk backward, repeating the wish nine times.
I wonder if the wishbone she gave me would have done any good," cried Cecily suddenly.
Cecily took the wishbone in her trembling little hands and began her backward pacing, repeating solemnly, "I wish that we may find Paddy alive, or else his body, so that we can bury him decently.
If Pat is dead even a witch's wishbone can't bring him back to life.
The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
He looked the Wishbone men squarely in the eye, and it seldom occurred to him that he was a thief; or if it did, the word was but a synonym for luck, with shrewdness behind.
The Wishbone foreman declared profanely--that hay was going to be worth a dollar a pound to them, before spring.
The Wishbone brand went scorching through the hair of hundreds of calves, while the VP scared tens.
Polycarp would know, of course, whether theWishbone outfit was in from round-up.
A Wishbone cow it was, and her calf fresh burned--a barred-out brand, by thunder!
Just before the river broke up he saw to it that a few of his own cattle, and with them some Wishbone cows and a steer or two, were ranging in a deep, bushy coulee, isolated and easily passed by.
At the top he put the spurs to his horse and headed straight as might be for the Wishbone ranch.
Well, the Wishbone needs men, and sent me over to tell him he can go to work.
Fifteen miles to the east of Cold Spring Coulee, the Wishbone outfit watched uneasily the deepening haze.
The first man who enters either door is to marry the girl who has placed her bit of wishboneover the door.
Each girl puts her bit of the wishboneover a different door.
Tommy hit a bender on the wishbone and boosted it to the middle gate, but Talkington hugged it for an early demise, and his wishbone was where his backbone ought to be.
When both sides of carcass andwishbone are loosened, lift carcass and cut breastbone away from meat.
Carefully, cut through two spots where wishbone is attached to carcass.
A wishbone is an object of great importance in this world.
There was a loud snap, and the wishbone broke in two.
And if you keep your eyes and ears open you will see just what a great object a wishbone really is!
At last the new object stood still and with his head thrown back he said: "I am a wish-bone, but as none of you know what a wishbone is, I shall tell you!
And all the other objects scarcely breathed while they watched the children as they took the wishbone from the shelf.
Now remove the wishbone carelessly and make a wish.
I simply kicked the cat in the wishbone and resumed the task of milking a fly-bitten cow with an active tail.
One young gobbler landed on top of a haystack, where he stood up to hiswishbone in the snow, waiting for a thaw to come and rescue him.
Seeing that their attitude was respectful he settled down on his wishbone for the night.
After legs are taken off, enter knife into the top of breast, and cut under merrythought or wishbone so as to loosen it, lifting it with the fork.
Next, take off collarbones, which lie on each side of wishbone and then separate side bones from the back.
Next, cut under wishbone and take it off, and cut slices from breast.
In the frigate bird, on the contrary, the wishbone is not only strong, but it rests upon and is firmly soldered to the breastbone, while at its upper end it fuses with the coracoid, thus making the firmest possible support to the wing.
The turkey buzzard and birds of prey, some of which both soar and flap, have the wishbone strengthened by having more material added to make the furcula thick and strong while at the same time it is shaped like a wide U instead of a V.
Things in our body, whether muscle or bone, develop by usage, and if we use the wishbone all the time it will develop into huge proportions.
Backbone and Wishbone In proportion as a man's backbone weakens his wishbone seems to develop.
On the other hand if we develop our backbone and use it frequently, we may not have cause to use the wishbone so much.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wishbone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
