jaw

Example Sentences

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It’s not often that I remark on a casting announcement, much less one about “Scooby-Doo,” but the second I opened an email from Netflix, my jaw dropped.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The couple have praised hospital staff in Hastings who initially treated him and the specialist plastic surgeons at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead for rebuilding their son's jaw.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

When her sister, Rowe, walked in that morning, she found Waldorf with her eyes wide and glazed over, her jaw tensed.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

“I’ve watched hundreds of videos get trashed because Roco’s eye was twitching wrong or his jaw wasn’t clenching or the camera didn’t go all the way to the right,” said Alimzhanov.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Present Elliot’s jaw had dropped open, and I reached over and put my hand under his chin, closing his mouth with a faint click of teeth.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin