pawing

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The chord progression and clattery percussion on “Dead Women” evoke “Lay Lady Lay,” while Mitski’s song imagines someone pawing through her things after death, trying to uncover her secrets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Boots, a young black-and-white domestic shorthair cat, lies on his back, pawing playfully at the air.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

Even Stokes was prowling laps of the boundary on Thursday, like a caged tiger pawing at the ground.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

All he’s doing with this feral pawing for a message is frittering that away.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024

Sam had changed before his very eyes into an orc again, leering and pawing at his treasure, a foul little creature with greedy eyes and slobbering mouth.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien