claws

Example Sentences

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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

As giant plant eating dinosaurs such as sauropods became more common, predators may have relied less on grasping prey with claws and more on delivering devastating bites.

From Science Daily • May 20, 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

"He'd never been on a lead before, so when you put a lead on he locked his claws to the floor, he didn't know what that was".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

But their conversation was interrupted by the sound of little claws scampering through the treetops.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown