maw

Example Sentences

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Some ingredients commonly found in Chinese fine dining include qi-boosting gelatinous fish maw, collagen-rich bird’s nest and nutrient-dense sea cucumber.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

Nothing has come from months of sending my applications into the gaping maw of a broken ATS.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024

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.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2024

He was working on the big steel-cutting maw of a continuous mining machine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam