claws

Example Sentences

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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

She reportedly had injuries on her face and head that appeared to have been caused by an animal's claws.

From Barron's • May 8, 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

Kari Briski, vice president of generative AI software for enterprise at Nvidia, said it is a good idea to keep these claws locked down on separate devices while the technology is so new.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

There they saw an enormous—and enormously upright—hawk sitting immobile on the back of the front-row bus seat, his claws digging terrifyingly into the plastic not-leather cushion.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness