paw
noun
the foot of an animal having claws.
is pawing
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present progressiveof paw (3rd person singular).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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His primary duty is pawing through the slush pile looking for unlikely masterpieces with titles like “The Igloo Lover,” “I, Barbarian” and “Mary M.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2021
Another, at bottom left, is pawing a human skull: the skull of Rosalia herself, which was paraded through the quarantined city almost as soon as she came out of the ground.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2020
The mother bear is pawing at the ground, and her cub sticks close to her.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2015
Not content to be the nation's largest stockbroker, the company is pawing its way into a variety of businesses, from real estate to insurance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of it is pawing over jerry-built, secondary things.
From War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
