rib
Example Sentences
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Burn, making his first appearance since breaking a rib and puncturing a lung, was even named man of the match after a colossal performance.
From BBC
My heart beats hard like it’s trying to escape my rib cage.
From Literature
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She moves quickly from caves to cathedrals and their architecture, including King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, with its soaring 16th-century ceiling—the world’s largest fan vault, ribbed in interlocking patterns.
“She’s got a dislocated shoulder, and maybe a couple of broken ribs. I’m trying to get her to the hospital in Cooperstown.”
From Literature
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Mendoza slalomed past a lineman, trucked through a linebacker and launched himself Superman-style, extending the ball over the goal line just as two more Miami defenders crashed into his ribs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.