Word: jawed
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...face had been turning purpler and purpler, and before I had time to ask the man about his new techniques Lenny had whipped out his tire chain and started swinging it his jaw tightening. "My dad--my dad told me about people like...
Friends drop by the restaurant table to jaw comfortably about cars (Friend: "You could put a taller gear in the rear...
...cameras that could not be controlled by party discipline. At his meeting with President Carter in Vienna in June 1979, he stumbled and nearly fell while descending a flight of stairs. On his trip to West Germany in November 1981, he was followed everywhere by two ambulances. His jaw was seen to hang slackly, and his breathing was labored. When he wearied during discussions with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, he retired with a doctor to an adjoining room, presumably for an injection. He was even denied his favorite pick-me-up. Offered liquor at a state banquet, he dutifully refused...
Brezhnev had been plagued by illness since 1974. He suffered from heart disease. The list of maladies he was suspected of having included leukemia, cancer of the jaw, gout, emphysema and circulatory ailments. Several times during the past eight years, rumors of his death had swept through Western capitals after a faltering appearance or an unexpected absence from a meeting demanded by protocol. But in recent months he kept to a rigorous schedule of events. He even braved freezing temperatures for two hours early last week to review a Red Square parade. Thus the official announcement of his death three...
...first time the gutsy second semester junior had displayed her delimitation to overcome physical setbacks. Earlier in the season when an eager B.C.Striker tried to kick the ball out of Judge's hands she instead hooted is into the goalie's lower jaw--necessitating 14 stitches and oral surgery. Judge was not daunted: 10 days later be reappeared at practice...