slack-jawed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of slack-jawed
slack jaw + -ed 3
Example Sentences
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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 • Mar. 26, 2025
Pattinson has incredible physical control over both 17’s slack-jawed, knock-kneed cartoon and his identical opposite.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025
If all you’re offering your kid is a slack-jawed look bathed in phone glow, what are they learning about how to interact with humans?
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2024
And so Beverly watched her husband, who just days earlier had been walking and shopping at a farmers market, transformed into a slack-jawed, bed-wetting husk who asks her questions like “Where is my wife?”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023
For the first time since the formation of their union, the shrews stood in slack-jawed silence, completely lost for an answer!
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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