crow's-foot
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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
But saddest to see was between two bars, where a fog was of rushes, and flood wood, and wild celery, and dead crow's-foot.
From School Reading by Grades Sixth Year by James Baldwin
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 Myrtle Reed
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 Christine Tucke Curtiss
Meanwhile, they who act with too jealous respect for their morrow of civilized comfort, reap only indigestion, and crow's-foot traceries for their deluded eye-corners.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
Yet, as the contest stressed empathy, confidence and authenticity as feminine ideals, the mentions of “young woman” remained in place, and with it, the ban on crow’s-feet.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Pushing 70, her skin is buttery smooth, her crow’s-feet but a hint.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2016
The candidate smiled patiently, crinkling the crow's-feet around his eyes.
From Time ● May 19, 2011
And Reichen, who is so gorgeous even his encroaching crow's-feet are perfectly placed, seems like one of those guys who forgets he is beautiful and desired by everyone all the time.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2010
Dark crow’s-feet mark the corners of his eyes.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
