Example Sentences

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Shadow gingerly places one taloned foot, then the other, on Jackie as she hunkers down on the nest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

But the director can’t resist a last-act turn that makes his bony, taloned demon physically manifest in ways that defy the film’s own undercooked logic.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Mirren, looking otherworldly in white mascara and a taloned crown, only bothered to bring one expression to set, a non-emotion best described as “hypnotic cobra face.”

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Comical as it is when the arm, with taloned fingers, tap-taps at the skull, there’s an element of yearning there, too.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

That not only could he not call forward a ghost or find Anat, but he called something else, something with taloned feet?

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny