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In gloom I bide with fire that flames below my ribs,

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006
After missing the previous three contests with bruised ribs,

USATODAY.com 2005
Now he saw far above him the backbone of the apparatus and its big ribs,

The War in the Air Herbert George 2006
Her boot slipped on the pebble-strewn ledge, and she grabbed the side of the cliff and pressed her face against cool rock, then closed her eyes and waited until her heart stopped hammering against her ribs,

So Hard To Forget Crowe, Evelyn A 1997
Ross discovered a small hollow behind a stunted tree and crept into it as best he could, his heart laboring against his ribs,

The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958
‘I suppose,’ said Mr Puffett, nudging Bunter gently in the ribs,

Busman's Honeymoon Sayers, Dorothy L. 1937
QUOTATION: And make my seated heart knock at my ribs,

Quotations 1919
If it wasn't for Ken, here, kicking me in the ribs,

Polly and Eleanor Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900
The committee open the box, set up the regal ribs,

Leaves of Grass [1867] 1867
Wherever the human heart beats with terrible throes under its ribs,

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 1855