Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

One of the most important guideposts of the U.S. economy goes by the jawbreaking name of Diffusion Indexes of Business Indicators.

From Time Magazine Archive

It had once been a bus until Mrs. Ellen Harris, G.O.P. candidate for Congress in Colorado's First District, gave it the jawbreaking name of "Congrelephant," and made it over.

From Time Magazine Archive

Medical science has a jawbreaking name but no treatment and no sign of a cure for a mysterious wasting of the muscles.

From Time Magazine Archive

A new simplified presentation of a jawbreaking language was available last week at the Oxford University Press, Bombay branch.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a quiet, gentlemanly young fellow, blessed with a goodly share of Irish wit, and a rich vocabulary of jawbreaking words.

From A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson by Anson, Adrian Constantine