Thesaurus results for MAW

maw

noun

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as in mouth

literary the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal the gaping maw of the tiger

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Recent Examples of maw Journalists, screenwriters, even novelists and poets, could now be replaced by the maw of ineffable code. —

Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026 Waldo’s digital shopping cart — and McCurdy’s brusque descriptions of her late-night binges — highlight the gaping, cavernous maw of her wants. —

Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2026 So, the lumbering maw that is our leader is likely to gobble it up. —

Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2026 This meant that world leaders, those who happened to be opposed to the maw of the Western war machine, were now ripe for the taking. —

Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for maw

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Before the doors opened, youth lion dancers moved through the space in a traditional blessing ceremony, weaving between guests and collecting dollar bills offered through the lions’ mouths as onlookers cheered.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026
Through narrow, treacherous tunnels, some waterlogged and cold enough for wetsuits, others so tight oxygen was scarce, the men navigated 260 meters (approximately 850 feet), from the chamber they’d been trapped in to the cave’s mouth, a distance equivalent to the height of a 78-story building.

— Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 31 May 2026