claws

Example Sentences

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A bear with teeth and claws, as he once put it.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Webbed claws clutch at a rock, and slowly, awkwardly, the creature lifts her rounded, barrel-like body out of the river.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Their analysis showed that the claws of this fossil bug were strikingly different from those found in other insects.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Several people are arrested every year selling or buying tiger hides, teeth, claws and bones, prized in traditional Chinese medicine.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

“Vicious claws, maybe? Razor-sharp weapons slashing about? Just the sound of them cutting through the air gives me chills.”

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el