paws

Example Sentences

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Salt also damages buildings, vehicles and other objects, she said, and presents "a problem for animals. Pet owners notice it on their paws. It's simply corrosive."

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

"If you hadn't been so busy guzzling that sandwich," I said, "you would have noticed your hairy paws. Take a look at them."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

“Give me a solution for this, then: motel rooms have doors. We don’t have opposable thumbs. We have paws. We can’t grasp and turn a doorknob.”

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

“Right, comrades. Now we know a bit more about things, let’s have a show of paws. All those in favor of letting the mouse go free.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

“The Witch prowls the woods on padded paws. She ate the heart of a sorrowing tiger long ago, and that heart still beats inside her.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill