He felt his ribs break under the impact, and had to fight to stay on his feet.
And then she hugged him so tightly that he thought his ribs would break.
The rib may have broken because it was weakened by cancer, but that is not clear.
So she had to do it again, and this time she could feel ribs break.
"I wanted to get her ribs broke," Jim says gleefully.
The dwarf slapped him upon the back with such force that he thought his ribs would break.
Felix heard ribs break and the scout's head hit the wall with a terrible crack.
In spring training, the top rib on his left side broke, "basically while I was just rolling over in bed."
His heart pounded so hard he thought his ribs would break.
That's why she's lying in there right now, with her face smashed and her ribs broken.