jawbreaker

Example Sentences

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Most people give little thought to Earth’s deep interior, thinking of our home planet as simple nested layers, like a jawbreaker hard candy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

“You could get the giant jawbreaker, the one the size of a tennis ball, and you’d have it for a year.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

Arlene Shechet's 17 recent sculptures at Susanne Vielmetter's new downtown L.A. gallery make for an absolute jawbreaker of a show: deliciously unwieldy, a slow release of intense, kaleidoscopic flavor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2019

Timmy holds up the black jawbreaker and the man behind the sharpener stops the machine and lifts his goggles and lets them rest on his forehead.

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2010

Mi perrito rolls His tongue for the taste Of a dropped chicharrdn, For the jawbreaker That fell from my pocket, For a potato chip bag Blowing across a lawn.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto