How to Use rib cage in a Sentence

rib cage

noun
  • Pull in rib cage to engage core.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Keep your arm close to your body and bring your palm to your rib cage.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Keep your arm close to your body and bring your palm to your rib cage.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Bend at your elbows to row hands to the sides of the rib cage.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
  • This story will break your heart and then rip it out of your rib cage.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • But the feeling came back, this time around her rib cage and her back.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Keep your rib cage down with your head and back in contact with the wall.
    — Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But babies expand your rib cage so, just be aware.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 31 May 2026
  • But babies expand your rib cage so, just be aware.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
  • Press your low back into the floor and depress your rib cage.
    — Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 7 July 2020
  • My sternum was fractured, my rib cage pried open.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • This was having his chest cracked open, his rib cage pulled apart and his heart stopped.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Then, row left elbow back, bringing weight up to your rib cage.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Then, row your left elbow back, bringing the weight to your rib cage.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Your forearms should be nice and tall and your elbow up against your rib cage.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • My first arrow had pierced his rib cage and then ripped through to lodge in a shoulder blade.
    — Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Make a fist and push firmly forward behind the dog’s rib cage.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
  • She was already seated, but her rib cage sank into her hips.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Moments later, he was struck with a less-lethal round to the back left side of his rib cage.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
  • An officer pressed a Taser to his rib cage and fired, then fired again.
    — Christopher Solomon, Outside Online, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Your core muscles control the movement in your spine, pelvis and rib cage.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Place one hand on your chest and the other on your belly just below your rib cage.
    — Kelly Dinardo New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Stay loose and allow your arms to swing, rib cage to rotate, and hips to move side-to-side.
    — John Goldthorp, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Row the bell toward your right rib cage, keeping your hips and shoulders square.
    — Eric Leija, Men's Health, 6 May 2022
  • In their quest to find the cause, doctors found and biopsied a lump on the right side of her rib cage.
    — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 11 June 2019
  • Keep your chin down, looking just ahead to you (to keep your spine in alignment), and rib cage flat.
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • The most popular ribs are baby back ribs, which come from the top part of the rib cage.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Make sure that your butt remains on the bench and slightly rotate your rib cage up as well.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Using a sharp knife, make a slit along belly of salmon, running from rib cage to tail.
    — Bon Appetit, 19 May 2017
  • Keeping your hips and shoulders square to the floor, row the right dumbbell to your rib cage.
    — Men's Health, 9 Feb. 2023

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