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
A black jawbreaker rolls out into his hand.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2010
They are jawbreaker cookies because they are hard until you dip them in tea.
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
