Word: jawing
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...oldest were the biggest. From the lowest level came massive teeth and jaw bones which must have belonged to monstrous manlike creatures eight to nine feet tall and weighing 600 to 700 pounds. They were four times as big as modern...
...obviously made for something frothy by Philip Barry, in this morbid, introspective play, she has committed an error sufficient to throw the entire play out of focus. And in her role as the aunt, Miss LeGallienne demonstrates she still believes that elenching her hands and jutting out her jaw are sufficient substitutes for genuine acting. As for Margaret Webster and Victor Jory, they are no more or no less wooden than they always have been...
...start of last week's title bout in half-filled Yankee Stadium (crowd: 39,827), Tony showed that he was going to slug it out Rocky's way. Midway in the first round he lashed a right uppercut and a left hook to the challenger's jaw. Rocky went down for a count of four. In the next round he gave Zale the pounding of his life. Standing flat-footed at close range, he swung right after right, often starting with his fist at knee level and finishing with it flush against the champion's jaw...
Heidt reached into his pocket and began counting out thousand-dollar bills. Contratto's jaw dropped. "I have $45.000 worth of liquor in the cellar." he demurred...
...liner with a gaping hole. The Empress sank with 1,024 passengers. Congratulating himself on not having repeated the captain's mistake, Dr. Miller tied off the vein, hauled the carotid artery out of the way and pulled out the stick, which ran from the boy's jaw down through his neck and chest to the fourth...