OSSIFY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for OSSIFY, such as:

1. It is easy for the mind to ossify.
2. It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.

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 Meanings and Examples of OSSIFY
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ossify
 v.  change or form into bone; become set in a rigidly conventional pattern; change from soft tissue to hard bony tissue
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Example Sentence:
1  It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.
2  It is easy for the mind to ossify.
3  When he called his opponent a "bonehead," he implied that his adversary's brain might ossify to the point that he was incapable of clear thinking.