paw
noun
the foot of an animal having claws.
have pawed
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present perfectof paw.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Should Beverley, an impetuous rookie, have known better than to have pawed at Westbrook when he was just trying to call time?
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2013
The bear would doubtless have pawed a cloth in the same way, vaguely seeking to draw the bread within reach.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
Oh ragged-jawed, jagged-toothed Dragon of Time, What will you do with the weft of my rhyme, You who have pawed every jewel in slime— You!
From Perpetual Light : a memorial by William Rose Benét
It must have pawed at the wind and gotten a kick as the wind passed over.
From Sun-Up and Other Poems by Lola Ridge
I think that their horses have pawed out all the grass from under the snow, and that they wish to make a camp in another place.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
