Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
jaws
IPA transcription: [dʒ'ɔz]
Usage examples
Hardly had he reached a point above the dog's jaws when a voice said:--
But still its jaws were open, and those dreadful jaws threatened Jason.
"I'll ride him--if he kills me!" answered the boy, his jaws setting stubbornly.
"But, my father," persisted the gentle-hearted girl, "spear and banner are not lions' jaws.
His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks.
MUZZLE--The muzzle should be long and powerful; the lips clean, fitting the jaws moderately close.
I feed long strips of zinc into a pair of steel jaws, and the jaws bite the zinc into little circles.
The serpent's jaws closed; its eyes became deadened; far through the grove its length was stretched out.
To abolish war would rejoice the heart of every mother who has gone into the jaws of death to give birth to a son.
Had it not been for the drawing down of the brows and the stern set of the jaws, I should not at first have noticed anything.