pawing

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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

These are not easy shoes to step into, but Foster spends much of her time onstage barefoot, pawing her way into the part with those dirty, bare-soled, hilariously expressive feet of hers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

Even Stokes was prowling laps of the boundary on Thursday, like a caged tiger pawing at the ground.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024

“Ready, Frolic?” she called, and the puppy scampered to her from the bushes where he had been pawing at a rodent’s hole.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry