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Examples of jaw-dropping in a Sentence
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The slick-fielding shortstop has made plenty of jaw-dropping plays with the Nationals’ minor-league affiliates, earning him his first promotion to Triple-A on Friday.
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Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
When the producers protested, Cimino put them off by showing some spectacular wide-angle shots — whatever the film’s flaws, Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography is jaw-dropping — and everybody retreated to their corners.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But none of his other Derby winners turned in the type of jaw-dropping, mind-boggling performance that Fierceness did Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
And the views over the Atlantic Ocean are absolutely jaw-dropping.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
None is more jaw-dropping than Feyd-Rautha’s (Austin Butler) celebration sequence.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Mar. 2024
And Kouri's mother says that potential was jaw-dropping.
—Betsy Shuller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
But none are more jaw-dropping than the nearly 11,000 square foot subterranean spa and thermal pools fed by an on-site spring.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
But perhaps, what’s even more jaw-dropping than the racks are the stories Cox tells.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2024
Michael Lycklama, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
When the producers protested, Cimino put them off by showing some spectacular wide-angle shots — whatever the film’s flaws, Vilmos Zsigmond’s cinematography is jaw-dropping — and everybody retreated to their corners.
—Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But none of his other Derby winners turned in the type of jaw-dropping, mind-boggling performance that Fierceness did Saturday at Gulfstream Park.
—Clark Spencer, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
And the views over the Atlantic Ocean are absolutely jaw-dropping.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
None is more jaw-dropping than Feyd-Rautha’s (Austin Butler) celebration sequence.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 2 Mar. 2024
And Kouri's mother says that potential was jaw-dropping.
—Betsy Shuller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
But none are more jaw-dropping than the nearly 11,000 square foot subterranean spa and thermal pools fed by an on-site spring.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
But perhaps, what’s even more jaw-dropping than the racks are the stories Cox tells.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2024
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First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above
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