ribcage

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It's already in pieces, being too heavy to move whole: the ribcage is armchair-sized and they hack at it with machetes.

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  • Floundering forward, rolling on his ribcage, the truncated specter spread both hands on the street, bending his elbows. —  FSF,December2007
  • On all sides tall stone buildings rose to tower about her like the ribcage of some fossil behemoth. —  The Flight of the Wren
  • His hand brushed the other's arm and he ducked low, jabbing his sword toward where the bandit's ribcage ought to be. —  Triplet
  • His heart was still pounding alarmingly in his ribcage, and he knew he could accomplish nothing, but he began climbing uphill after the slow, snuffling, misshapen thing. —  Tim Powers - The Stress of Her Regard
  • He brushed the back of his hand against her ribcage, his knuckles skimming the rise of her breasts. —  Cheyenne McCray - Spellbound.pdf.htm
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