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Meanings of body of sternum in English

Spanish
gladiolo

Bone part.

        gladiolo
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        Examples for "breastbone"
        Examples for "breastbone"
        1
        Liett thrust down her breastbone several times, so hard that ribs cracked.
        Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
        2
        Without meaning to, Anna Pelli Cognani raised one hand to her breastbone.
        The Hyperion Cantos
        3
        At length she coughed, pounded a bit on her breastbone, and replied:
        Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
        4
        Odion plunged the blade into Njeri's breastbone and pried her ribcage open.
        Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
        5
        Margaret Adkins had been ripped open from her breastbone to her pubis.
        Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
        Translations for body of sternum