ribs
Example Sentences
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A friend in her 80s slipped on the stairs to her flooded basement and fell, breaking two posterior ribs and injuring her shoulder.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The fossil became even more unusual when researchers examined a dark area preserved between its ribs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
He claimed that Paltrow skied out of control and slammed into him, causing four broken ribs and permanent brain damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The real return isn’t in hotel occupancy or pounds of ribs sold; it’s in the 90 minutes when 40 million Iraqis narrowed to one—a man weeping over a goal that meant nothing and everything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He clutched his undead ribs in wheezing fits of glee.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
