1.   Blackened skeletons of homes stood silently as dark silhouettes against a bright, cerulean sky.

2.   From anywhere in his fields he can see the hulk of the house, itself a blackened skeleton.

3.   The explosion hurled bodies onto the street and left the bus a blackened skeleton.

4.   The nearby foundry is a blackened skeleton of twisted metal and ruined machinery, grim evidence of the destructive might of NATO air power.

5.   Viewers could see blackened skeletons of homes and other structures while others were still being engulfed by flames.