How to Use slack-jawed in a Sentence
slack-jawed
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Sailors lined the boardwalk to catch a glimpse of the actress, while one woman sunbathing in a coat, tights, and an ankle-length skirt watched on in slack-jawed confusion.
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Daniel Rodgers,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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The litigation is the latest twist in a simmering behind-the-scenes scandal that has left much of Hollywood slack-jawed.
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Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Cross-country skiing is known for its attrition, an event that leaves its competitors foam-mouthed and slack-jawed; athletes of iron reduced to trembling and contorted shapes on the floor.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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My boredom typically spurs feelings of frustration, guilt, shame—and long nutritionless spells of goggling, slack-jawed, at celebrity news on my phone while the world throbs around me.
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Daniel Smith,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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Two slack-jawed, bare- foot drummers are wailing a caveman beat in unison—their syncopation and their short, efficient haircuts mark them as obvious members of a cult.
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Pat Blashill,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Montana Republican’s decision left lawmakers slack-jawed for numerous reasons.
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Al Weaver,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2026
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As the car carrying him departed the police station, a photographer captured another indelible image, of the former Prince slumped in the back seat, wide-eyed and slack-jawed—the boy for whom the chimes once pealed looking very much like a man for whom the bell now tolls.
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Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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