- present participle of paw.
pawing
Example Sentences
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The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his back, pawing playfully at the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2024
Butland kept him out, springing to his right and pawing the shot away.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024
There came a low word of command "Halt!" then a moment of horsey noises—nostrils blowing, hoofs pawing, bits being champed, necks being patted.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
