Example Sentences
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I pawed through the outer lands of my mother’s closet before asking if I could alter a navy trapeze-style dress she no longer wore.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
The animal stopped at the boardwalk, shook its head and pawed the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022
The paint changed hands, the tempo rose, the men pawed each other freely, using touch and color to shake off their invisibility.
From New York Times • May 12, 2022
A front-end loader pawed at a pile of scrap metal several stories high and heaped all the way to the river’s edge.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2019
In a blink, he pawed through the papers—the Chicago Press & Tribune, the Galena Weekly North-Western Gazette, and the Amboy Times—deciding which was meager enough to part with.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
