Her ribs heaved and scalding tears raced down her cheeks, soaking through the front of his shirt as she wept, more from impotent fury than from pain.

Her ribs heaved, her eyes were almost closed; she looked past caring about anything.

It looked like the end of the world, she thought, her ribs heaving against the lacing of her stays.

Rheya's ribs were heaving under the white skin.

The vertebrae of the tail stirred and braced themselves against the ground, the ribs heaved, then the whole skeleton twisted as it moved into the upright position.

It was glistening and damp, a pale golden colour, and its ribs heaved a little still with the exertion of its arrival into this strange new world.

Now and then she swallowed drily, and her ribs heaved.

And as my ribs heaved agonizingly and my leg muscles protested, I tried to work out just how many miles we had run.

Her little ribs were heaving; there were twigs stuck every which way in her halo of small braids.

Her ribs were heaving with exhaustion; she sat slumped over the control stick.