The two men walked off over the sand to be swallowed by the black maw of the sally port.

The doorway stood open, a black maw in the soft light around them.

Richard wondered what manner of things were looking back at him from that black maw.

Its great, black maw was already slowly opening to receive this new sacrifice.

And if walking around in that black maw out there was part of his orders, then he'd best get on with it.

Not all the horses went into the black maw willingly and had to be forced the last few yards.

The chest was a gaping maw, all white and black, crawling with tiny things.

She couldn't see anything beyond the black maw of grief his emotions had become.

The dead and dying were taken down to feed the black maw.

Our house was still a silhouette against the sky, with the garage a black maw in front of us.