Examples of glass jaw in a Sentence
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The match finished 5-1 to the visitors, who eviscerated Leeds in a second half which exposed their glass jaw and Championship fate.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Harbaugh didn’t become a longtime NFL quarterback and a transformational coach by having a glass jaw.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
That will to negate, to kick at society’s glass jaw and not call it a tantrum, changed when the romantic death wish became actual death, and Gunn had to see that beloved figure, dead on the kitchen floor, over and over again.
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The New Yorker,
30 May 2022
But what this does is show Americans that Ron DeSantis is a governor with a glass jaw who cannot tolerate criticism.
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Lori Rozsa,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Apr. 2022
And yet based on the current work on the Arrows reel, marketers have punched back at the pandemic, not with a glass jaw but with a stiff British upper lip.
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John Rash,
Star Tribune,
20 Nov. 2020
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Harbaugh didn’t become a longtime NFL quarterback and a transformational coach by having a glass jaw.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
That will to negate, to kick at society’s glass jaw and not call it a tantrum, changed when the romantic death wish became actual death, and Gunn had to see that beloved figure, dead on the kitchen floor, over and over again.
—
The New Yorker,
30 May 2022
But what this does is show Americans that Ron DeSantis is a governor with a glass jaw who cannot tolerate criticism.
—
Lori Rozsa,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Apr. 2022
And yet based on the current work on the Arrows reel, marketers have punched back at the pandemic, not with a glass jaw but with a stiff British upper lip.
—
John Rash,
Star Tribune,
20 Nov. 2020
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“Glass jaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glass%20jaw. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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