jugular
Example Sentences
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The participants are supportive even to a fault, with many hesitating to go for their opponents’ jugulars in their battle raps, for instance.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2019
This was a huge part of his professional popularity, I think, that he was only interested in going for the jugulars of the powerful.
From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2015
When other singers' jugulars would be bulging, Ella isn't even panting.
From Time Magazine Archive
Several large blood vessels, bv, on each side of the oesophagus probably represent the carotids and jugulars, but they were not worked out to determine with certainty which they were.
From Development of the Digestive Canal of the American Alligator by Reese, C. M.
An early affection of the sensorium, not dependent on pressure upon the jugulars by greatly swollen glands, is an unfavorable symptom.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Vocabulary lists containing jugular
Typical American
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