crow's-foot

Example Sentences

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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

She thrust her face close to the glass to see whether some long-remembered wrinkle or crow's-foot had indeed vanished.

From The Great English Short-Story Writers, Volume 1 by Defoe, Daniel

Look at them, you miserable old procrastinators, and then kneel down before the ancient damsels you have sneered at, even if they have the pelican gout and a crow’s-foot at the corners of their eyes!

From Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life by Wise, H. A. (Henry Augustus)

VI Here, minion, fill the steaming cup that clears The skin I will not have exposed to jeers, And rub this wrinkle vigorously until The maddening crow’s-foot wholly disappears.

From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle

Trefoil, crow's-foot, clover, mallow, and wild mustard riot, tangling and interweaving.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah