The thinner bone at the side of the leg is called the fibula.

The disease used to refer only to actual fractures caused by the thin bones of old women.

No padding to speak of, bones so thin and fragile it made him afraid to press too hard.

He can feel her hands on his shoulders, and their thin bones are covered with rotting flesh.

He would have loved to hit the Bill a few times and hear those thin bones snap.

I grabbed his hand and wrapped my fingers around those long, thin bones.

Since women usually start out with thinner bones than men, this loss puts them at great risk of fractures as they age.

Her arms and legs were like long, thin bones.

She always had hopes of putting some meat on her stubbornly thin bones.

The regimen's most dramatic effect was among women who had the thinnest bones at the time the study began.