maw

Example Sentences

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Moments later, it emerged as a landscape denuded of all color save brown and gray and the occasional red-rimmed maw of a destroyed brick rooftop.

From Los Angeles Times

There also would have been the practical difficulty of running the nation’s most populous state, a maw of endless crises and challenges, while at the same time pursuing the presidency.

From Los Angeles Times

A logger for over 50 years since he was 8, he knows exactly what’s wrong with his job, but is trapped in the maw of an industry as a means of survival for his family.

From Los Angeles Times

If you tear yourself away from a place too quickly, the maw of memory will ask you to re-leave it over years and years.

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An Instagram video from the dealership showed a gaping maw where the vehicle reversed into the building.

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