Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clawed
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025 -
Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Then there’s disposal of material dredged from channels, along with equipment rental and traffic control.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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In the men's singles final in figure skating, the NBC telecast just cut to a shot of American Max Naumov, who was juggling a soccer ball.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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Catherine’s brother Hindley, a vicious bully whose abuse is part of what drives Cathy and Heathcliff so closely together, is cut entirely, his role combined with Catherine’s father.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
13 Feb. 2026
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The glass vessel, recently rediscovered in a storage room at the Bergama Museum, was originally excavated from a tomb in this legendary city known for its therapeutics.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
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Officials won't be able to diagnose the cause of the leak until the pipe is excavated.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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During a video conference call Tuesday, the Texas women’s basketball coach glowed about his club’s offensive prowess but chafed over a question about its suspect 3-point shooting and lamented the team’s turnovers and toughness deficiency.—
Kirk Bohls,
Houston Chronicle,
28 Jan. 2026
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In 2023, the writer Patricia Lockwood chafed at Wallace’s supposed sainthood in a long piece for the London Review of Books.—
Hermione Hoby,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Nationally, moderate factions of the party have fretted over the calls — like those echoing from the Colorado Capitol’s stairs — to abolish ICE outright.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
8 Feb. 2026
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The outperformance is relatively new for investors who once fretted that Alphabet had been surpassed in technological prowess by startups like OpenAI, which would erode Google’s huge market share in internet search.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Bundle is also galled by Lady Coote’s refusal to mention at the inquest that the fatal sleeping draft was from a bottle she’d given to her sleepless maid, Emily.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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From Warriors coach Steve Kerr, to future Hall of Famers Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green, to 25-year-old relative newcomers Quinten Post and Trayce Jackson-Davis, the team’s lack of competitive fire galled the Warriors.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Charles’ pack of dogs incessantly barked blood curdling screams.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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This was mostly because Sonia was busy with the German shepherd, who slept behind a gate in the kitchen and barked frantically whenever another parent came to the door.—
Nell Freudenberger,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Clawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clawed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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