The bikini is tiny, three triangles of cotton crochet, and her ribs protrude so much that she looks as if she is made of corrugated paper.

The youngest, a 2-year-old whose ribs protruded into his skin, was so tiny he seemed ready to fade away.

He was thin, starved; his naked ribs protruded.

Bellies swelled forward but ribs protruded, cheeks sunk beneath vacant eyes staring out into eternity, never to blink again.

(The Cuvirene dog pack are the skinniest I have ever seen, ribs protruding like washboards, and I somehow think there is a corollary message here.)

It was as stiff as plyboard when I lifted it out, its delicate ribs protruding.

Her hair was thin and falling out from dehydration; her ribs protruded so far that they appeared as if they would likely pop right through her skin.

On the anterior edge of the valves the ribs protrude like fingers, so that the shells look like the webbed feet of birds from above.

Blood spurted and ribs popped and protruded.

Its color is dark gray dorsally, and lighter gray on its ventral side, with rust-colored small spots where its ribs can protrude.