How to Use jaw in a Sentence

jaw

1 of 2 noun

• He broke his upper jaw.
• The man grinned, his skin pulled tight around his teeth and jaw.
  — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Examined the height of her heel, and the curve of her jaw.
  — ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
• The freelancer’s face was burned and his jaw was split open.
  — Hazem Balousha, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• Some of that footage, which is jaw dropping, is in the series.
  — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
• These aren’t the first jaw-dropping times put up by the Spéirling.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2022
• This certainly isn't the first time Springer has left our jaws on the floor.
  — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• Chen squared off with Liu at a gathering and punched him in the jaw.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
• There are deeper muscles that move the jaw from side to side.
  — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
• Dating sounds fun but the stress wrinkles and jaw-clenching are part of the deal.
  — Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 1 Feb. 2023
• Cottonmouths also have a dark mask that extends from the back of the jaw to the eye.
  — Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
• His jaw grew square, and his face sprouted the beginnings of a beard.
  — Kurt Streeter Mason Trinca, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Still, do your best to curl your fingers around the lower jaw and hang on.
  — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
• In particular, the area near the shark's left eye and the lower-left part of its jaw.
  — Eleanor McCrary, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• The fossil has an enormous jaw with 12 rows of sharp teeth and large spines along its back.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• Just watch the play for yourself and enjoy — don't forget to pick your jaw up off the floor when you're done.
  — The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2023
• Rather than sweeping shoulders or jaws, the cut sits right along the cheekbone.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2023
• And in the third, another boy lies in a red T-shirt darkened by the blood from wounds that pierce his jaw.
  — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 27 Apr. 2023
• There were ohs and ahs as the massive jaw bone and pointy teeth were revealed to a group of schoolchildren.
  — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
• One end features a sharp, flat-head scraper on one side and tooth-like jaws on the other.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• The last two recessions walloped the U.S. like roundhouse punches to the jaw.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• America is now in the grips of a jaws craze not seen since the summer of 1975 when a killer shark was on the loose off the shores of New England.
  — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
• Many people hold tension in these areas, which can lead to headaches and jaw pain.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 Aug. 2023
• Chase underwent surgery, as well as cleanup on his jaw and the removal of some teeth, the shelter said.
  — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• Grip the chisel firmly while supporting your hand on the vise jaw.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
• Specifically, the tooth is from the left side of the shark's upper jaw, Godfrey said, which is known because of the width of the tooth's root.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2023
• Meanwhile, as the kids squirm, the alligator widens its jaws.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2024
• The smallmouth’s mouth is—your guessed it—smaller, with the corner of the jaw typically about even the eye, give or take.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
• Tiffiney Crawford had two gunshot wounds to her head — one shot was to the left side of her jaw and the other was to her left temple.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
• Kids soaked up the moments in point-blank technicolor with wide eyes and slack jaws.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023

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jaw

2 of 2 verb

• The coach was jawing with the referee.
• She was on the phone jawing with her sister all night.
• Rung up in the third inning, Smith jawed at Rehak on his way back to the dugout.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 9 June 2019
• By the time Muncy was rounding first, the two were jawing at each other.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 June 2019
• Both he and Sefolosha were slapped with them for jawing at each other.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 30 Dec. 2017
• The junior pitcher stared and jawed before flipping the ball to first baseman Jake McKenzie for the third out.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 June 2018
• The two continued to jaw at each other in the penalty box, and Tkachuk again showed his hands to a referee.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2021
• Giants right-hander Hunter Strickland jawed at Brinson on his way out of the game.
  — Matthew Defranks, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 June 2018
• Walsh made two 52-yard field goals in the third quarter and after each pointed and jawed at the sidelines of the Minnesota Vikings.
  — Bob Condotta, The Seattle Times, 20 Aug. 2017
• Bertin and Forbes ditch most of the gumshoes, sending just a pair of them (Pauline, jut-jawed Brennan) on a fresh and equally loopy adventure.
  — New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
• Both benches poured onto the field, and punches were thrown as players jawed at each other.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• But publicly, the two men seem to enjoy jawing at each other like a pair of prizefighters.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 12 June 2019
• The two were jawing at each other before referee Alan Eck stepped between the two.
  — oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the waning minutes Crosby could be seen jawing with Subban.
  — Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 3 June 2017
• Texas Tech was able to keep its composure and avoided jawing back at the Mountaineers, much to their benefit.
  — Brice Paterik, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
• Green and Ingram wound up jawing at each other face-to-face and both were assessed technical fouls.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2023
• And while Dietrich wasn't struck by the pitch and didn't react at the time, the incident set off a lot jawing between players in the innings that followed.
  — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 31 July 2019
• Yasiel Puig, who had just been traded to the Indians, continued to jaw at Pirates players as he was being pulled away from the dugout.
  — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 30 July 2019
• Play became chippy as players jawed and pushed in this one, although no fights broke out and there were no technical fouls.
  — David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 3 Mar. 2018
• Some jawing continued briefly before James stepped in to pull Thompson away.
  — Kyle Hightower, courant.com, 18 May 2017
• Stephenson tied the game shortly after the sequence and a crescendo of pushing, shoving and jawing followed.
  — Will Graves, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2018
• AirPods in his ears, Poole channeled his inner Draymond, puffing out his chest and jawing back.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr. 2023
• Players pushed, jawed and expressed their frustration as both clubs entered the half scoreless.
  — oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
• There was plenty of jawing back and forth between the offense and defense after nearly every big play.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 8 Apr. 2023
• The two made for an odd couple: Kelly was the rowdy, jawing brawler, Reich the quiet, bible-toting future pastor.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2018
• Ramsey appeared to say something that bothered Peters, who then broke off from the hug and started jawing at Ramsey.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2019
• Get ready for the shark circle of angry think pieces jawing away at this idea, making sure the world knows that the real-life Barnum was an exploiter, not an ennobler.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Dec. 2017
• The first came on the famously quiet Kawhi Leonard, supposedly for jawing.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2023
• Even fried chicken couldn’t redeem itself, a few hard pieces served at brunch, intermingled with bony fried quail over a slack-jawed waffle.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• Saturday there were no poses, or jawing with fans or flag planting.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 4 Nov. 2017

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