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
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
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.
