pawing

Example Sentences

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Sunday’s most intriguing sporting event won’t be Ravens versus the Bills, or Lions pawing at Packers, or even the Jets facing off against their former yoga instructor, Aaron Rodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2025

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

The ball was rolled into Mehmeti in the D on the edge of the box, moved it on to his left foot and then unleashed a shot which left Hermansen pawing at air.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

I gazed at her, trying to align the tragic, lovesick woman I’d seen on the big screen with this girl, dewy-faced from the humid air of wash vats and irons, pawing through my family’s sheets.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu