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Jaw is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like bone or natter. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Related words

Jaw | Jaws | Jawaharlal | Jawan | Jawans | Jawed | Jawad | Jawline | Jawbone

Jaw meaning

  1. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
  2. The part of the face below the mouth.
  3. Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.

Synonyms of Jaw

bone natter chaffer chatter chitchat confab confabulate chat shoot the breeze chew the fat holding device lineament feature os gossip

Related words

Other words often associated with Jaw or its synonyms:

schmooze claver confabulation visit discourse converse gabfest attribute gab conversation property dimension

Using Jaw

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. | The part of the face below the mouth. | Anything resembling the jaw (sense 1) of an animal in form or action; the mouth or way of entrance.
  • Useful related words include: bone, natter, chaffer, chatter.
  • In the example corpus, jaw often appears in combinations such as: the jaw, upper jaw, lower jaw.

Context around Jaw

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

upper 9× lower 8× left 2× open 2× phossy 2× lumpy 1× breaks 1× size 1× powerful 1×

Often after:

joint 2× touching 2× due 1× four 1× doctors 1× route 1× routes 1× fits 1× reaching 1× crocodiles 1×

Sentence patterns with Jaw

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

the upper jaw 2× a lumpy jaw due to 1× an open jaw route is 1× and size jaw shape and 1× attach his jaw to his 1× broke his jaw in thursday 1× called phossy jaw 1× close the jaw crocodiles have 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the same 1× both species have 1× chronic white phosphorus 1× despite the strong 1× fenrir swallows odin 1× his body bore 1×

Common sentence endings:

the upper jaw 2× apart killing him 1× called phossy jaw 1× coach sean mcvay 1× effective or not 1× eyes and nostrils 1×

Words around Jaw

Just before it in the word index:

javy 8 javonte 20 javone 4 javon 36 javohn 2 javits 25

Just after it in the word index:

jawa 4 jawaan 5 jawaani 12 jawad 31 jawahar 17 jawaharlal 97

Similar in corpus frequency:

accra 834 azerbaijan 834 brisbane 834 myers 834 assurance 833 decay 833

Corpus analysis for Jaw

  • In this selection, "jaw" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, upper, lower, left, joint, touching and due stand out and add context to how "jaw" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include the upper jaw and a lumpy jaw due to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "jaw" sits close to words such as accra, azerbaijan and brisbane, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with jaw

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In my jaw, four places were split, hairline fractures in my jaw. (12 words)

Chronic white phosphorus poisoning leads to necrosis of the jaw called " phossy jaw ". (13 words)

Despite the strong muscles to close the jaw, crocodiles have extremely small and weak muscles to open the jaw. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

His body bore three bullet wounds to his neck, one to his right jaw, one to his left jaw, one to his left-side forehead, one to his right-side forehead, one to his left hand, two to his right-side lower back, and two to his right shoulder. (49 words)

In chapter 51, High foretells that, during Ragnarök, the wolf Fenrir will devour Odin, Víðarr will avenge him by stepping down with one foot on the lower jaw of the monster, grabbing his upper jaw in one hand and tearing his mouth apart, killing him. (45 words)

Older horses may appear to have a lean, shallow lower jaw, as the roots of the teeth have begun to disappear. citation Younger horses may seem to have a lumpy jaw, due to the presence of permanent teeth within the jaw. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

Older horses may appear to have a lean, shallow lower jaw, as the roots of the teeth have begun to disappear. citation Younger horses may seem to have a lumpy jaw, due to the presence of permanent teeth within the jaw.

His body bore three bullet wounds to his neck, one to his right jaw, one to his left jaw, one to his left-side forehead, one to his right-side forehead, one to his left hand, two to his right-side lower back, and two to his right shoulder.

In my jaw, four places were split, hairline fractures in my jaw.

In order to reconstruct his jaw, doctors had to take a portion of his fibula bone in his leg, along with skin and an artery to help re-attach his jaw to his neck.

One website that allows passengers to book an open-jaw route is Alternative Airlines among the best European airlines to fly open-jaw routes with.

In March, her left jaw joint was removed and replaced with a titanium joint, while in February 2022, her right jaw joint was swapped out for a titanium joint at Harley Street Specialist Hospital, in London.

Rams Linebacker Clay Matthews Breaks Jaw, Out For At Least A MonthThe team's sack leader broke his jaw in Thursday's game against the Seahawks and will be out several weeks, according to head coach Sean McVay.

Kelly last underwent surgery in March when doctors at Mount Sinai Health System removed cancer from is upper jaw and lymph nodes and reconstructed his upper jaw.

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Also, when the crocodile's mouth is closed, the large fourth tooth in the lower jaw fits into a constriction in the upper jaw.

At the same time, Fenrir, eyes and nostrils spraying flames, charges forward with his mouth wide open, his upper jaw reaching to the heavens, his lower jaw touching the earth.

Both species have small square shaped teeth on the lower jaw but M. birostris also has enlarged teeth on the upper jaw.

Chronic white phosphorus poisoning leads to necrosis of the jaw called " phossy jaw ".

Despite the strong muscles to close the jaw, crocodiles have extremely small and weak muscles to open the jaw.

Fenrir swallows Odin, though immediately afterward his son Víðarr kicks his foot into Fenrir's lower jaw, grips Fenrir's upper jaw, and rips apart Fenrir's mouth, killing Fenrir.

Fenrisúlfr will go forth with his mouth opened wide, his upper jaw touching the sky and his lower jaw the earth, and flames will burn from his eyes and nostrils.

In addition, exposure to the vapours gave match workers a severe necrosis of the bones of the jaw, the infamous " phossy jaw ".

In chapter 51, High foretells that, during Ragnarök, the wolf Fenrir will devour Odin, Víðarr will avenge him by stepping down with one foot on the lower jaw of the monster, grabbing his upper jaw in one hand and tearing his mouth apart, killing him.

Individual differences in dental structure, lip shape and size, jaw shape and the degree of jaw malocclusion, and other anatomical factors will affect whether a particular embouchure technique will be effective or not.

In Khmer temple architecture, the kala serves as a common decorative element on lintels, tympana and walls, where it is depicted as a monstrous head with a large upper jaw lined by large carnivorous teeth, but with no lower jaw.

Similarly, the giant panda's round face is the result of powerful jaw muscles, which attach from the top of the head to the jaw.

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Common combinations with jaw

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "jaw" in a sentence?
An example: "Older horses may appear to have a lean, shallow lower jaw, as the roots of the teeth have begun to disappear. citation Younger horses may seem to have a lumpy jaw, due to the presence of permanent teeth within the jaw." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "jaw" from authentic English texts.
What does "jaw" mean?
Jaw means: One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
What are synonyms of "jaw"?
Common synonyms of "jaw" include: bone, natter, chaffer, chatter, chitchat, confab, confabulate, chat. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "jaw" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "jaw", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.