rib cage

noun

: the bony enclosing wall of the chest consisting chiefly of the ribs and the structures connecting them

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Each day focused on a different facial area; some days isolated individual wrinkles in the forehead while others smoothed tension from the crown of the head all the way down to the rib cage. —

Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2023 Keep your arm close to your body and bring your palm to your rib cage. —

Mallory Creveling, Health, 23 Feb. 2023 Brace your core, and pull the weights toward your rib cage, squeezing your shoulder blades together. —

Women's Health, 11 Feb. 2023 Keeping your hips and shoulders square to the floor, row the right dumbbell to your rib cage. —

Men's Health, 9 Feb. 2023 The center fielder has been out with a back issue since July 12 and was later put on the injured list, retroactive to July 15, with left rib cage inflammation. —

Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022 Trout left a game against Houston on July 12 with what was first called back spasms, then went on the injured list a week later with what was called rib cage inflammation. —

Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 28 July 2022 All-Star left a game against Houston on July 12 with what was first called back spasms, then went on the injured list a week later with what was called rib cage inflammation. —

Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 July 2022 The half-kneeling position forces to you to think about stabilizing the pelvis and also keeping the rib cage down and abs tight—which adds a bit of core training to the move as well. —

Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023 See More

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