lockjaw

Example Sentences

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He added, “There is nothing precious about Chloë’s performance — nothing mannered, no weird Locust Valley lockjaw — and yet she makes a very strong woman believable for the period.”

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018

So perfectly does the stylistic matchup favour Serena, so thoroughly is her lockjaw grip on Sharapova’s psyche, that it can be said that Sharapova will never beat Serena – even if Serena loses.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2015

All this despite medical science’s proven successes in wiping out not only the much-feared smallpox and polio, but nearly eliminating other serious illnesses like diphtheria, German measles, lockjaw and mumps in the United States.

From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2015

Broke With Expensive Taste, her 2014 debut, gave the haters lockjaw, and I’d vote for it as the hip-hop album of the year.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2014

He began making wisecracks in a lockjaw accent about how I was going to become one of those fur-wearing, pinkie-extending, nose-in-the-air New Yorkers.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls