jaw

Example Sentences

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The faces are the same, but the light is different, and suddenly you see shadows you never noticed, a new determination in one person’s eyes, a scar along the jaw of another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The result is laughing while your jaw is on the floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Then he carries out jaw and other facial exercises, videos of which he often posts to his 35,000 followers on TikTok.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Far out in the desert, the researchers gaped at the six-foot-long femur, the jaw, teeth, and base of the crest.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

At my pretend-indignant jaw drop, he says, “I’m a dork, too.”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith