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Staring into the gaping maw of what had once been a neighbour’s window brought an uncomfortable mix of wondering what (or who) was inside and remembering days when the satisfying answer to that question would have simply been a nuclear family.
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Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
Largemouth bass have bigger maws, and their upper jaw extends well past the eyeball, while a smallmouth’s upper jaw falls in line with the eyeball.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Each stalk in the maw of the creature was polished using wooden tools and hand-polished to matte-like finish.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Bookshop landed at just the right time to provide something of a crutch for struggling bookstores and offer an alternative to funneling more money into Amazon’s maw.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025
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Hazlitt, 19 June 2024
Largemouth bass have bigger maws, and their upper jaw extends well past the eyeball, while a smallmouth’s upper jaw falls in line with the eyeball.
—Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Each stalk in the maw of the creature was polished using wooden tools and hand-polished to matte-like finish.
—Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Bookshop landed at just the right time to provide something of a crutch for struggling bookstores and offer an alternative to funneling more money into Amazon’s maw.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maw
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maw. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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