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Meanings of
breastbone
in inglês
português
esterno
catalão
estèrnum
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The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs.
sternum
português
esterno
Usage of
breastbone
in inglês
1
Liett thrust down her
breastbone
several times, so hard that ribs cracked.
2
Without meaning to, Anna Pelli Cognani raised one hand to her
breastbone
.
3
At length she coughed, pounded a bit on her
breastbone
,
and replied:
4
Odion plunged the blade into Njeri's
breastbone
and pried her ribcage open.
5
Margaret Adkins had been ripped open from her
breastbone
to her pubis.
6
The gray one shattered Schedrin's
breastbone
and gnawed in after the heart.
7
The cold fear spread through my chest and curled around my
breastbone
.
8
She dropped her fork and napkin on the table, her
breastbone
smarting.
9
Just to the left of your
breastbone
,
a little above the diaphragm.
10
Every heartbeat pinched her
breastbone
,
her every muscle was tight and thrumming.
11
She was very tired, the tiredness like a weight against her
breastbone
.
12
Owen had cut the cartilages to separate the ribs from the
breastbone
.
13
He kicked her just below the
breastbone
,
knocking her on her back.
14
She pats her
breastbone
to denote the rapid beating of a heart.
15
His head was heavy and his chin had sunk to his
breastbone
.
16
It surged up inside him, just under his
breastbone
-
soft
,wet ,andfull.
Other examples for "breastbone"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
breastbone
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
bare breastbone
broken breastbone
bruise breastbone
crash through breastbone
cut the breastbone
More collocations
Translations for
breastbone
português
esterno
osso esterno
catalão
estèrnum
Breastbone
through the time
Breastbone
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common