Ribs

Examples

• A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There's a tub of lard on the ribs of each one. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Here the heart of St. Philip Neri was so inflamed with divine love as to burst his ribs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• You see me now with my back like a camel and my ribs all awry, but there was a time when Corporal Henry Wood was the smartest man in the 117th foot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The caudal and sacral vertebrae vary in number; as does the number of the ribs, together with their relative breadth and the presence of processes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• A portion of his chest was laid bare to the ribs, three of which had been broken by the mighty blows of the gorilla. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She moved a little way and he pushed her hard in the ribs with his left hand again to make her get really away. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• They used various kinds of wood, horn or even bone, such as the ribs of large animals. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had broken two ribs, they had wounded one of his lungs, and he breathed with great pain and difficulty, which increased daily. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The tray shook as I held it; the water spilt from the glass; my heart struck my ribs loud and fast. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They were made of cloth, arched over ribs to imitate the curved surfaces of bird’s wings, and were fastened to two rectangular wooden frames, fixed one above the other by braces of wood and wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• All I could see was umbrella ribs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• This was an arrangement of timbers crossing the ribs on the inside of the ship at angles of about 45°, and braced by diagonals and struts. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Now, let us see whether there's anything else the matter, and how our ribs are? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Your furrows, he said, stand up like the ribs of a lean horse in the month of March. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• And the stout gentleman playfully inserted his elbow between the ribs of Mr. Pickwick, and laughed very heartily. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Carefully he inspected them, felt of their limbs and poked them in the ribs. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• With ribs (I grant you) always. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The gray horse was standing almost over him and he could see his ribs heaving. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The cotton seed, which are too large to pass between the ribs with the fibre, drop out the bottom of the roll-box. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The ribs of two of these arches remained, though the roof had fallen down betwixt them; over the others it remained entire. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

Typist: Ralph