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

It was a cagey start with both seemingly intent on a scouting mission, Crocker pawing his right hand as Donovan missed with some early shots but did land late in the round.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

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

He wandered a few feet off and sat down and began to inspect the ground carefully, pawing through the grass.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown