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Definitions
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- adjective having a relatively square jaw
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Examples
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The hero, Thomas Irwin Morrison, square-jawed, straight-backed, irresistibly perfect, trespassing in their profession, threatening the ambition they had schemed and sacrificed all their adult lives to achieve.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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On another occasion, she was in a coffee shop when a square-jawed navy captain sauntered over to her table with studied ease and offered to give her a lift to Tijuana in his huge, brand-new Buick.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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On another occasion, she was in a coffee shop when a square-jawed navy captain sauntered over to her table with studied ease and offered to give her a lift to Tijuana in his huge, brand-new Buick.
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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The hero, Thomas Irwin Morrison, square-jawed, straight-backed, irresistibly perfect, trespassing in their profession, threatening the ambition they had schemed and sacrificed all their adult lives to achieve.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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"How would you not know a member of your family?" asked the film's square-jawed producer, Dimitri Doganis , at a celebratory dinner at 350 Main.
Scrounging for Swedish Fish at Sundance Marshall Heyman 2012
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The hero, Thomas Irwin Morrison, square-jawed, straight-backed, irresistibly perfect, trespassing in their profession, threatening the ambition they had schemed and sacrificed all their adult lives to achieve.
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Especially square-jawed Matt, who introduces himself saying, I play baseball.
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Sometimes he makes brief statements; other times he just smiles, as a sort of square-jawed presence on an otherwise humdrum tableau.
Sen. John Thune says he could offer GOP more than just a fresh face in 2012 2011
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Damon's looks always promise the square-jawed decency of a 1950s leading man.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: How Good Is Matt Damon? Damn Good Michael Giltz 2011
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Lean, square-jawed, and with thick, dark eyebrows that gave him the look of a hawk, Westmoreland surveyed the mountain bunkers.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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Words that are found in similar contexts
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- boyish-looking
- broad-shouldered
- clean-shaven
- distinguished-looking
- fair-complexioned
- fair-faced
- fair-skinned
- hard-featured
- heavy-shouldered
- intelligent-looking
- keen-faced
- mustached
- pink-faced
- pleasant-looking
- rosy-cheeked
- sharp-featured
- shock-headed
- slim-hipped
- strong-featured
- well-built
- well-muscled
- wind-whipped
- yellow-haired
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