She held him so tightly his spine cracked.

If he had smashed her against the door any harder, her spine might have cracked.

My spine cracked against it, and it hurt.

Looking for Work As the city struggles to regain its physical shape, the spine of its economy is cracking.

Naked, he stretched until his spine cracked and his hands extended toward the sun as if to borrow its vast energy.

The gold dragon who led the foursome died first, battered against a mountainside with such force that his spine cracked audibly.

The spine cracked, and Khonsu broke the neck for good measure as the body dropped.

The binding was stained and the spine cracked, as though it had been carried around for years.

When he raised his head, his spine cracked like marbles dropping.

Frarey straightened up so sharply that his spine cracked.