: having jaws
jawed fishes
—usually used in combinationsquare-jawed
a three-jawed chuck
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Soon, the show introduces the Guinness family enforcer Sean Rafferty, a steely and strong-jawed James Norton, who’s assembling his men to tamp down on the protestors.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
At 34, Fedorov is one of the youngest members of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s war council, a square-jawed fitness enthusiast who likes to wear a black baseball cap over his crew cut.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
In contrast with the preceding formations, which had been as diverse as the United States itself, nearly all the Green Berets were tall, square-jawed, and white, a reflection of the Special Forces’ insular, misogynistic culture and homogenous racial composition.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
From one side, draped in a dark-blue robe and flanked by an entourage in matching work shirts, Joe Frazier walked slowly through the crowd, stern and granite-jawed.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
At 34, Fedorov is one of the youngest members of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s war council, a square-jawed fitness enthusiast who likes to wear a black baseball cap over his crew cut.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
In contrast with the preceding formations, which had been as diverse as the United States itself, nearly all the Green Berets were tall, square-jawed, and white, a reflection of the Special Forces’ insular, misogynistic culture and homogenous racial composition.
—Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
From one side, draped in a dark-blue robe and flanked by an entourage in matching work shirts, Joe Frazier walked slowly through the crowd, stern and granite-jawed.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Jawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jawed. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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jawed
adjective
: having jaws
jawed fishes
—usually used in combination
square-jawed
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