"rib" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The bikini is tiny, three triangles of cotton crochet, and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper.
- The youngest, a 2-year-old whose ribs protruded into his skin, was so tiny he seemed ready to fade away.
- He was thin, starved; his naked ribs protruded.
- Bellies swelled forward but ribs protruded, cheeks sunk beneath vacant eyes staring out into eternity, never to blink again.
- (The Cuvirene dog pack are the skinniest I have ever seen, ribs protruding like washboards, and I somehow think there is a corollary message here.)
- It was as stiff as plyboard when I lifted it out, its delicate ribs protruding.
- Her hair was thin and falling out from dehydration; her ribs protruded so far that they appeared as if they would likely pop right through her skin.
- On the anterior edge of the valves the ribs protrude like fingers, so that the shells look like the webbed feet of birds from above.
- Blood spurted and ribs popped and protruded.
- Its color is dark gray dorsally, and lighter gray on its ventral side, with rust-colored small spots where its ribs can protrude.
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