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Clawed in sentence

15 examples of Clawed in a sentence

Filled with terror, Pandora clawed desperately at the air to direct them back into their prison.
In Kihono, Hawaii, some scaly, clawed hands emerge from the waters and start shaking the boat of a bunch of dynamite fisherman, causing one of the guys to drop a stick of lit dynamite that blows up the boat.
I'll never forget the line Tyrone Power mouthed as the successful toreador who clawed his way to the top: "Now I don't have to ask the price of anything I want to buy" (or something to that effect).
The rest of the film shows our small crew trying to find the monster, now fully grown within 45 minutes(..now that's fast!), on the four levels of the base as it picks them off one by one, slashing their throats with it's sharp clawed hands.
Also, the monster is kinda cool, a looming man in dark and clawed suit creation which looks pretty solid in an Alien rip off vein.
The Law of the Sea’s Next WaveLONDON – Thirty years ago, the Cold War was at its height and the United Kingdom had just clawed its way out of recession.
Even the Free Democrats have clawed their way back from hard times, and now have about 6% support.
With a growth rate of 2.7%, the German economy clawed its way back to the average of the old EU countries in 2006, and it can be expected to grow at 2.4% in 2007 and 2008, far faster than France.
One moment, the public square is full of bulls; the next you’re being clawed by bears.
The second element of the debt-relief package would be more innovative: If Greece’s economy performs well, the generous extension of maturities can be clawed back or the interest rate raised.
From Central Europe to Central Asia, long suppressed resentments and longings of this sort have clawed their way to the surface of the new world.
After 2011, the current account deficit started to widen once more, even though the pound never clawed back its losses.
I was full of wonderment at this unusual mammal, with its circular head adorned by short ears, its round eyes, its white whiskers like those on a cat, its webbed and clawed feet, its bushy tail.
There was a garret above, pierced with a scuttle over his head; and down through this scuttle came a cat, suspended around the haunches by a string; she had a rag tied about her head and jaws to keep her from mewing; as she slowly descended she curved upward and clawed at the string, she swung downward and clawed at the intangible air.
The curses which both housekeeper and niece poured out on the bachelor were past counting; they tore their hair, they clawed their faces, and in the style of the hired mourners that were once in fashion, they raised a lamentation over the departure of their master and uncle, as if it had been his death.