jaw

Example Sentences

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For the rest of your calories, try to drink them so your jaw doesn’t get a workout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Upon hearing it her eyes grew wide and her jaw dropped as she shook her head.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

She experiences motor twitches, such as jaw jerks, vocal tics and coprolalia - involuntarily using obscene or offensive language - which she says can be "embarrassing" when she's in public.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

With limited time before heading back to camp, the researchers collected teeth and jaw fragments belonging to the new Spinosaurus species.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

I thanked Rostam with a scratch under the jaw and walked back around to the front door so the stranger wouldn’t think I had followed him.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri