jawed
Origin of jawed
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How to use jawed in a sentence
A newfound treasure trove of ancient fish fossils unearthed in southern China is opening a window into the earliest history of jawed vertebrates — a group that encompasses 99 percent of all living vertebrates on Earth, including humans.
Ancient fish fossils highlight the strangeness of our vertebrate ancestors | Carolyn Gramling | September 28, 2022 | Science NewsShe’s bent over in a loose tuck with her hands on her knees, slack-jawed with exhaustion, exhaling—yelling, really—in hoarse bursts.
Jessie Diggins Is Out to Make Olympic History (Again) | jversteegh | January 24, 2022 | Outside OnlineI had spent the previous few weeks in swimsuits and board shorts, hiking and swimming, sipping beer by campfires and staring slack-jawed at cliffs and canyons.
Our squadron doctor was lean, well muscled, square jawed and blond.
Square-jawed and muscular—in snapshots he looks like Channing Tatum in camo—Gibbs seemed to fit the mold of the ideal soldier.
‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See | Andrew Romano | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Still, a tight-jawed smile, wild eyes and a southern California drawl remind me of Matthew McConaughey.
Euler is tall and square-jawed with dirty blonde hair that varies from short to shoulder-length.
From Frat Boys to Criminals: Two College Elites' Scarface Dreams | Olivia Nuzzi | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Hagberg, a square-jawed and baby-faced member of the Swedish armed forces, had a darker message.
We—or rather Raglin and one or two others—jawed for an hour; but the wretches never yielded an inch.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI wonder if that square-jawed devil has got a glimpse of us and is trying a lone-handed stalk himself?
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairO golden-jawed Maruts, violently shaking your jaws, you go quick with your spotted deer, being friends of one mind.
Sacred Books of the East | Various"So long," said the lantern-jawed boy lugubriously, dropping most of his mathematical books.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieIn the corridor Michael caught up the lantern-jawed boy who had prophesied this year's pleasure at the beginning of last autumn.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
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