Examples of maw in a Sentence
the gaping maw of the tiger
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Ice sits at the poles A planet perched right at the sun’s maw shouldn’t harbor any water, let alone ice—or so researchers thought.
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Wooden teeth would have filled Washington’s maw full of rotting pulp.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
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Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Wooden teeth would have filled Washington’s maw full of rotting pulp.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Maw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maw. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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maw
noun1
: a body part (as a stomach or a crop) that receives swallowed food
2
: the throat, gullet, or jaws especially of a flesh-eating animal
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