paw

Example Sentences

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The trove of fossils found during the museum’s expansion gets a fitting tribute in a 75,000 square-meter swath of concrete on the plaza scored with ropelike patterns, paw prints and serpent-like shapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Nothing seems to ruffle his fur as this political veteran glides from crisis to crisis with feline calm, and the lick of a paw.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

I was a culinary raccoon: nosy, impulsive, endlessly compelled to paw at things that might have been better left alone.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

On the floor around her were the large paw prints of a bear.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

There, in Gingersnipes’s outstretched paw, was his monocle.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman