paw

Example Sentences

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A second Gestapo agent in plain clothes was pawing eagerly through a pile of silver rijksdaalders and jewelry heaped on the dining room table.

From Literature

“You should have left more of the field where it was,” said she after a look at his paws.

From Literature

It extended one large grey paw and patted the flames -then leapt back with an outraged yelp.

From Literature

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 Literature

After greeting students, chasing a football around, "attacking" shoelaces and tights, and exploring parts of the school she has never seen before, the pitter-patter of puppy paws slows down.

From BBC