noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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They were about to enter the maw of the criminal justice system.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A roaring, dripping maw yawned with monstrous hunger.
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Hands vanished around the room, yanked from the maws of a closing trap.
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He had twisted in that grip, tried to bring the gun round to bear on that monstrous maw .
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Hicks waited until the last Dumpster was almost full and then personally conveyed two cardboard barrels of bakery refuse to its maw .
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Jaq noted how wistfully Grimm regarded what he rated as gourmet ambrosia disappearing into the monster's maw remorselessly.
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The lumber collected behind a boom, from which it was lifted by crane into the maw of the mill.