paw
noun
the foot of an animal having claws.
are pawing
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present progressiveof paw.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Dad and Leo are pawing through a mound of paper on the breakfast table, the contents of three or four fat folders from the cabinet above the wall oven.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
See how they are pawing up the driveway.”
From Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter by Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams) Champney
Thursdays are no holiday for the church officials, one couple being hardly united before the horses of the next are pawing the paving stones at the door.
From A Wanderer in Holland by Herbert Marshall, R.W.S.
The snow is nearly two feet deep, and is very wet and heavy, and our horses are pawing in it for forage.
From The Discovery of Yellowstone Park by Nathaniel Pitt Langford
Look, how the seven horses harnessed to the green chariot are pawing the sand!
From The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn
