jar

Example Sentences

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The walls were lined with shelves and crammed with jars of all shapes and colors, gathered from Deadwood Dump and filled with dried fungi.

From Literature

Though concentrated, it’s situated among newly refreshed spaces containing lavishly ornamented mummy coffins, carved grave stelae, canopic jars, tomb wall reliefs and the preserved body of a woman named Gautseshenu.

From The Wall Street Journal

In arguing his case for punitive damages, Kaley's attorney Mark Lanier - a folksy Texas litigator - had shown the jury a jar of M&Ms.

From BBC

The juxtaposition is jarring -- and entirely normal here.

From Barron's

Just a day earlier, Hertz shares experienced their largest same-day jump since December, making the pullback that much more jarring.

From Barron's