crow's-foot
Example Sentences
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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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The Freshmen were not allowed to wear the crow's-foot, and the custom is now discontinued, although an unsuccessful attempt was made to revive it a few years ago.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
You pick your way daintily along the edge of the road, for it is carpeted so thickly with sea-pinks and yellow and crimson crow’s-foot that you scarcely know where to step.
From Ladies-In-Waiting by Curtiss, Christine Tucke
VI Here, minion, fill the steaming cup that clears The skin I will not have exposed to jeers, And rub this wrinkle vigorously until The maddening crow’s-foot wholly disappears.
From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle
The crow's-foot wrinkles about his eyes deepened to a frown of inquiry.
From The Street Called Straight by Lowell, Orson