slack-jawed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of slack-jawed
slack jaw + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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The guards were slack-jawed with shock, tonsils on view to the world.
From Literature
We got out and stared slack-jawed at the deep pile of gray ash, and the painted number on the curb, 1160, all that was left.
From Los Angeles Times
When Sandler landed at “Saturday Night Live,” Herlihy helped him devise sketch characters like the slack-jawed Canteen Boy.
From Los Angeles Times
He confidently illustrates what he’s deduced by drawing a grid on a whiteboard and yammering as his suspects and colleagues watch, slack-jawed.
From Salon
Hopefully there is a point to that interaction other than shock value and Rick reacting in slack-jawed silence.
From Los Angeles Times
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