Read full poem →he tliorn, lest it should hurt her, drflwa
Within the skin tte shrunken claws,
Dictionary Entry
A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
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. clawsclaws sharp
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Poetry examples for “claws”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Barney moved forward and suddenly the cat leaped. It was a furious
blur of white and hissing, claws and teeth. Barney backed off and the cat
retreated to the wall again.
Read full poem →Go godly[266] birds, striking your breasts, bewail,
And with rough claws your tender cheeks assail.
For woful hairs let piece-torn plumes abound,
Read full poem →They swoop down for the spoil in certain might,
And fasten in our bleeding flesh their claws.
They beat us to surrender weak with fright,
Read full poem →With head and the breasts of a woman,
And body and claws of a beast.
Read full poem →Is just a little jungle, filled with tigers,
Snakes, lions, what you will, with teeth and claws,
The perfect miniatures of these monstrous foes.
Read full poem →Fresh seeds and forms of beauty on the peaks.
The whinchat in the mud upon its claws,
Storm driven from its course to sea, brings life
Read full poem →Till I grew afraid
For mouths and claws and devil wings,
And fangs and stings,
Read full poem →cousin, the raccoon,” ‘‘It was the great powerful bear,” ‘He had
used the white breast of an eagle,” “‘His claws ought to be as long
Read full poem →will have to sit there and wait a long time until they
come around and fasten their claws into the long hair
of your tail.