maw

“I’m surprised Mr. Pollono hasn’t already been snapped up by the hungry maw of television,” Isherwood presciently remarked in an aside.

If this much solar mass in a young universe was annually being forever lost into the gaping maw of a black hole, it would be less unusual.

Sensing what seemed to be an epic blunder that would take us directly into the maw of vehicular misadventure, we exchanged nervous glances in the back seat and checked our watches.

But lately I’ve been worried that the glut of documentary content required to fill the yawning maw of streamers is putting this axiom to the test more frequently.

As cities grew and the maw of industry required workers, the municipal forces that monitored immigrants broke strikes.