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

These are not easy shoes to step into, but Foster spends much of her time onstage barefoot, pawing her way into the part with those dirty, bare-soled, hilariously expressive feet of hers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

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

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024

Butland kept him out, springing to his right and pawing the shot away.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Bigger advanced a step and the rat emitted a long thin song of defiance, its black beady eyes glittering, its tiny forefeet pawing the air restlessly.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright