iron-jawed
Americanadjective
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having a jaw of or like iron.
an iron-jawed press; an iron-jawed fighter.
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fiercely determined.
an iron-jawed will.
Etymology
Origin of iron-jawed
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Damien Chazelle’s film about the iron-jawed, ice-water-in-the-veins pilot and astronaut Neil Armstrong is a rocket pointed directly at the distant planet known as Awards Season.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2018
His face is stolid, meaty, neither iron-jawed nor glamorously gaunt.
From Time • Feb. 9, 2012
For six rounds, iron-jawed, oak-legged Godoy, his left eye dripping blood from a first-round bombardment, stuck close to his adversary, withstood his short-range punches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. talent for epithet is flaunted in: "The man who would change the name of Arkansas is the original, iron-jawed, brass-mounted, copper-bellied corpse-maker from the wilds of the Ozarks."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thomas jumped as a terrible crash sounded right outside their door, accompanied by screams and the splintering of wood, like some iron-jawed monster was eating the entire stairwell.
From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner
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