maw
noun
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Definition of maw
Examples of maw in a Sentence
the gaping maw of the tiger
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Beekeeper Ibrahim Sedef had been having a hard time keeping his honey out of the maws of bears looking to sate their sweet tooth. — Melissa Locker, Time, "Turkish Beekeeper Secretly Video Puts Insatiable Bears to Work Taste-Testing His Honey. The Night Vision Footage Is Perfect.," 29 Aug. 2019 The sprawling estate itself, a representation of exclusionary greed, rips at her flesh, and though bloodied and battered by this bloodsport, her sheer survival is due to her resistance against the gaping maw of the demented tradition. — Katie Walsh, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: ‘Ready or Not’ sacrifices horror for irony and laughs to skewer the 1 percent," 22 Aug. 2019 The previous years’ merchandising oversaturation, created to feed an ever-gaping teen maw that would have swallowed anything (trust me), ensured the Kids would become victims of their own fame. — Rebecca Schuman, Longreads, "I’ll Be Loving You Forever," 14 Aug. 2019 The sprawling estate itself, a representation of exclusionary greed, rips at her flesh, and though bloodied and battered by this bloodsport, her sheer survival is due to her resistance against the gaping maw of the demented tradition. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Ready or Not’ sacrifices horror for irony and laughs to skewer the 1 percent," 19 Aug. 2019 Hanging from the ceiling is a potted Asian pitcher plant, its long fleshy cups dangling over the pot’s edges, maws agape. — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, "Maggots: A taste of food’s future," 3 July 2019 Sea lions almost disappeared into the maw of westward expansion, taken by the tens of thousands for their fur, whiskers, and testicles, which were used for medicine. — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, "Catechism of the Waters," 10 June 2019 That doesn’t mean other programs can’t thrive — Oregon is the prime example — Oregon is the only example, actually — but when the brand programs flounder, the conference gets sucked into the maw. — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, "NBA Draft preview: Pac-12 totals project to historical standard, but the path avoids Tucson and Westwood," 20 June 2019 Learn these other names Maumee (maw-MEE) Bucyrus (bew-SIGH-russ) Patascala (puh TASK uh luh) Uhrichsville (URH icks vill) Kinnikinnick (kuh-NICK-kuh-NICK). — Andrea Reeves, Cincinnati.com, "Here are some Ohio words you might be saying wrong," 16 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'maw.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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maw
noun
English Language Learners Definition of maw
literary
: the mouth, jaws, or throat of an animal
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