XXII The steely head stucke fast still in his flesh, 190 Till with his cruell clawes he snatcht the wood, And quite a sunder broke.
XV So downe he fell before the cruell beast, Who on his neck his bloody clawes did seize, That life nigh crusht out of his panting brest: No powre he had to stirre, nor will to rize.
VII Eternal providence exceeding thought, 55 Where none appeares can make herselfe a way: A wondrous way it for this Lady wrought, From Lyons clawes to pluck the griped pray.
Rounde about the steale whiche helde vp the vessell, foure Harpies of Golde did stand, with their clawesand tallented feete vpon the smoothe Table of the Ophite.
From this senith, as it semeth, ther come a maner crokede strykes lyke to the clawes of a loppe, or elles like to the werk of a womanes calle, in kerving overthwart the Almikanteras.
Thus I longe in his clawes lay, Til at the laste he to me spak 555 In mannes vois, and seyde, 'Awak!
Eternall prouidence exceeding thought, 2 Where none appeares can make her selfe a way: A wondrous way it for this Lady wrought, 4 From Lyons clawes to pluck the griped pray.
The steely head stucke fast still in his flesh, 2 Till with his cruell clawes he snatcht the wood, And quite a sunder broke.
I thought thy heart had beene wounded with the clawes of a Lion Orl.
If a talent be a claw, looke how he clawes him with a talent Nath.
With the rest of his armes or clawes he roweth and laboureth under water, and with his tail in the midst he directeth his course, and steereth as it were with an helme.
After this, turning up his two foremost clawes or armes, hee displaieth and stretcheth out betweene them a membrane or skin of a wonderful thinnesse: this serveth him instead of a saile in the aire above water.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clawes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
