close to the bone in a sentence

Examples

1. The single's b-side was the " Close to the Bone " album track " Dancing In Your Shoes ".
2. Marcos said the agency has cut some 12, 000 jobs since 1994 and is currently operating " very close to the bone ."
3. In the bruising tug of war over how to manage global trade, few issues cut closer to the bone than agriculture and its cousin aquaculture.
4. Even though Kevin does these incredibly over-the-top performances, he can always come back down to something more close to the bone.
5. Some stock analysts have questioned whether Merrill may have cut too close to the bone, leaving it understaffed in important areas when the market turns around.
6. On Kristofferson's 2009 release " Closer to the Bone ", Bruton is credited with playing bass and mandolin and providing backing vocals.
7. Only now, in hindsight and, we hope, with foresight, are we able in this Broadway version to cut a lot closer to the bone.
8. Martz acknowledges that, and many of the poems and stories in " Purple, " are, " close to the bone ."
9. For a writer who works so close to the bone, the superficial territory occupied by the Hollywood thriller seems to be a no man's land.
10. "For ` Close to the Bone,'I solicited writers energized by the new wave of candor and willing to cut as deep,"