(n.) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
(n.) Any loud and continued noise.
(n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
(v. t.) To salute loudly.
(v. t.) To stun with noise.
(v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
(v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Example Sentences:
(1) So, too, does the law – one which Congressional Republicans, who routinely charge Obama with not enforcing immigration law, are now clamoring for him to ignore, and Obama remains just as eager to oblige them .
(2) Voters – even the liberal ones who helped Obama build a grassroots army – are clamoring for the finer points of a progressive candidacy.
(3) The "oral" clamor of deprivation and entitlement, together with dependency, submissiveness, and defensive uncertainty, serve a screening function for hostile aggressive wishes, from any developmental level.
(4) Get up, do something.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A view to a thrill: supporters clamor to get close to the Donald.
(5) How long until there is a clamoring for a ground invasion in Iraq or Syria – or both – when the current strategy of airstrikes and a massive influx of arms inevitably fails?
(6) The purpose of the middle ear mechanism is no doubt the protection of the inner ear receptors (the amphibian and basilar papillae) from overstimulation by sounds, including the animal's own cries and the intense clamor produced by a group of frogs calling in chorus.
(7) Democrats clamor for credible Clinton challenger in wake of email revelations Read more Clinton, in her remarks before an adoring crowd of mostly women in New York, stuck with the usual.
(8) A Trumpist state could do much to soothe the crisis of capitalism: it could pour public dollars into discovering the next lucrative technology for the private sector while holding the line against the redistributive clamor of a rising millennial majority.
(9) There is a clear and present need for increased public clamor demanding carefully designed, risk-limiting human experiments (randomized clinical trials) to provide interpretable evidence of benefit and risks of innovations before these are adopted as desirable medical and social policy.
(10) On Saturday, a 24-year-old man died in CBSA custody in Edmonton, Alberta, in just the latest example of a system in need of repair, as activists clamor for independent oversight.
(11) From the the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the origins of the term “anchor babies” (used as “anchor children” to slur Vietnamese-American refugees – those immigrants that the GOP nowadays say came to this country the “right” way), to the present-day, birthright citizenship has always been a battlefield for politicians to try to deny citizenship to the latest non-whites clamoring to become American.
(12) Vicki Saporta, the president of the National Abortion Federation, a group of providers which clamored for the change, said on Wednesday that she was “delighted” by the change.
(13) There has been great clamor on this subject from many sources-the medical profession, the legal community, the legislatures, the judiciary, and the public.
(14) But he portrayed gun control as an issue on which Trump could “respond to a rally, which he also likes to do, and the rally is the American people, who are clamoring and demanding action”.
(15) To look at the polls, people are clamoring for what the Green Party is offering.
(16) One of the reasons the bill's progress has moved slowly is that most of farm country is enjoying a good agricultural economy, and farmers have not clamored for changes in policy.
(17) The purchasing and implementation of sophisticated medical data systems by hospitals, and the growing clamor from private health insurers and employers about the rapidly rising costs of health services has made determining the effectiveness of medical interventions a priority subject for many authorities in the field of medical care assessment.
(18) The command "Check your privilege" has become one of the great political rallying cries of 2013, and if you haven't heard it yet, you soon will, because it is fast slipping over from the social media sites – where it has become a clamorous chorus this year – to the mainstream media, largely thanks to journalists and certain former politicians who profess themselves to be baffled by its meaning.
(19) In the clamor of many institutional and special interest "orchestras," it is possible to lose sight of their common object of concern-human welfare and dignity.
(20) And as Glenn Greenwald writes , it’s inevitabley only a matter of time until there will be a clamoring from the chattering class for that, too.
Jaw
Definition:
(n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
(n.) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
(n.) In the plural, the mouth.
(n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
(n.) A notch or opening.
(n.) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
(n.) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
(n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(n.) Impudent or abusive talk.
(v. i.) To scold; to clamor.
(v. t.) To assail or abuse by scolding.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the effect of prior jaw motion and the effect of the recording site on the EMG amplitudes and on the vertical dimension of minimum EMG activity have not been documented.
(2) Radiologists may encounter patients with fixed dental prostheses that may produce image distortion on MRI scans of the face and jaw.
(3) Based on the findings of our recent longitudinal study on the abnormalities of the dentition in cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD), a hypothesis has been proposed, which makes it possible to predict time of onset of formation of supernumerary teeth and their location in the jaws.
(4) The EMG silent periods (SP) produced in the open-close-clench cycle and jaw-jerk reflex were compared for duration before and after treatment with an occlusal bite splint.
(5) In 12 patients with lower macrognathia we have applied a technique allowing to prevent the postsurgical recidives of the jaw deformation.
(6) At the end of treatment the sagittal jaw relationship was significantly improved.
(7) In one horse, the superior aspect of the right ascending ramus of the lower jaw below the coronoid process revealed a gunshot wound; the other skeletons showed no evidence of trauma.
(8) Noxious conditioning stimulation of a tooth led to a temporary decrease of the threshold for the jaw-opening reflex elicited from a contralateral or adjacent tooth; only conditioning stimulation at an intensity producing a marked arousal reaction was effective in this respect.
(9) The observers assessed the panoramic and periapical radiographs of the teeth, which were evenly distributed throughout the jaws with a 50% probability that either an osteolytic or sclerotic lesion was present.
(10) The jaw deviated to the right when he opened his mouth fully.
(11) As an initial feasibility study of computer-controlled radiation therapy, its application to produce wedge-shaped dose distributions by moving the collimator jaws has been evaluated.
(12) It is important that the dentist knows about disturbances of blood coagulation during and after hemo-dialysis, so that he avoids administration of platelet-inhibiting medication like aspirin and that he recognizes radiologically visible signs of insufficient dialysis in the jaws.
(13) Experimentally induced tongue contact with a variety of solid surfaces during lapping (an activity involving accumulation of a liquid bolus in the valleculae) induced neither increased jaw opening nor the additional EMG pattern.
(14) Incisal occlusion was shown to have an important part to play in the amount and direction of jaw movement.
(15) Hemimasticatory spasm is a rare disorder of the trigeminal nerve that produces involuntary jaw closure due to paroxysmal unilateral contraction of jaw-closing muscles.
(16) When, against Real Madrid, Nani was sent off, Ferguson, jaws agape, interrupting his incessant mastication, roared from the bench, uprooting his assistant and marched to the touchline.
(17) It is also possible for patients with underlying psychosis to present first to the dental surgeon for jaw correction.
(18) A hypothesis is presented as to how certain occlusal relationships and habitual patterns of jaw use may predispose an individual to TMJ internal derangements.
(19) Lastly, the CVA indicated major differences across the genus to be located in the teeth and jaws, suggesting diet might be an important distinguishing feature in Colobus.
(20) Before and one, two, three, and seven days after the experiment, the following measures were made: (1) superficial masseter and anterior temporalis muscle tenderness (pain threshold), (2) jaw movement (opening and lateral excursion), and (3) current pain level for the right and left sides of the jaw.