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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Across the River Esk is a whale's jawbone arch, a reminder of the town's maritime history.
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He passed scattered jawbones, pale twists of wood.
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He took hold of the face and jawbone and tried to restore a more normal appearance.
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Only the tightly clenched line of her jawbone revealed the enormous effort it was taking her just to stand upright.
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The jawbone felt as cold as a joint of beef in a supermarket deep-freeze.
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These gave it the appearance of the half-submerged jawbone of some long-dead behemoth.
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When he turned his head to look at her the flesh folded underneath the jawbone into the beginnings of a double chin.