jaw
Example Sentences
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“Keep your jaw open,” someone yells, “it helps.”
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"She just walked past, and she saw me there. Her jaw just dropped, so did mine," Zainab tells me.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
A young woman in front of me watched his hands, perfectly aligned with Gosling’s, with her jaw dropped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
She said that her “Ear Lift”—an exercise she practices in which she squeezes the jaw muscles around her ears—helps decrease brow-furrowing with lateral movements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He tugged at the heavy whiskers that ran down both sides of his jaw.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
