JAW in a Sentence

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For JAW, below is one of 131 sentences:
She had short sturdy legs and wide eyes of Irish blue and a small square jaw that went with a determination to have her own way.

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 Meanings and Examples of JAW
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
jaw
 n.  the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
 v.  talk incessantly and tiresomely
Classic Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  But it was an arresting face, pointed of chin, square of jaw.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  And then her jaw dropped in horror as she realized what she had said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
3  Dr. Meade bit his lip and his jaw hardened as his face went cool again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  At this question, Peter's jaw suddenly dropped and guilt and consternation swept over his wrinkled black face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
5  Emmie's jaw sagged suddenly and she glanced at Jonas who came up with lowering brows.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
6  Her jaw line tightened to squareness and her eyes went emerald.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
7  But she bit down on her teeth until her jaw muscles stood out, reminding herself that the time had not yet come when she could tell the Yankees just what she thought of them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
8  His beard was stained with tobacco juice and a large wad in his jaw made his face look deformed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
9  She had short sturdy legs and wide eyes of Irish blue and a small square jaw that went with a determination to have her own way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
10  Her narrow shoulders were squared and her small jaw set indignantly and, for all her notice, she might have had no other guest but Scarlett.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
11  Her jaw dropped and fear and astonishment were written plainly in her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
12  He looked at her with bright glazed eyes and his jaw muscles trembled despite his efforts to set his teeth.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
13  Her face was puckered in the sad bewilderment of an old ape but there was determination in her jaw.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
14  Whisky was showing in his face and the hard line of his long jaw was being obscured under an unhealthy bloat and puffs rising under his bloodshot eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
15  She looked at him with slanting eyes that burned with a desperate obstinacy and the sudden hard line of jaw that sprang out through her soft cheek was Gerald's jaw.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
Example Sentence:
1  He traced the line of her jaw with his finger.
2  He had a firm, square jaw.
3  His jaw jutted stubbornly forward; he would not be denied.
4  The pain in her jaw had come back.
5  People say that a strong square jaw is a sign of firm.
6  I was insecure enough without Henry grinding on me, so I sassed him back; he slugged me in the jaw as hard as he could.
7  It looked all brown and black: elf- locks bristled out from beneath a white band which passed under her chin, and came half over her cheeks, or rather jaws: her eye confronted me at once, with a bold and direct gaze.
8  Then he betook himself to his seat, rested his elbows on his desk and his jaws in his hands, and stared at the wall with the stony stare of suffering that has reached the limit and can no further go.
9  How cheerfully he seems to grin; How neatly spread his claws; And welcome little fishes in; With gently smiling jaws
10  Before filing its edges, the locksmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise.