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  • It was Mary who had screamed so terribly, and Saxon saw a strange black animal flapping great claw-like wings and nestling on Mary's shoulder.

    CHAPTER XIV 2010

  • In another, a man scratches with a claw-like hand at the bright red scabs spread across his back.

    Shining a Light on Loss William Meyers 2011

  • The claw-like shoes were so high that some of the models stumbled but Lady Gaga, herself in impossibly high wedges, negotiated the theatrical catwalk with expertise, managing to dance as the sound system pumped out her new song Government Hooker.

    Paris fashion week turns to Lady Gaga – and a quiet Belgian 2011

  • The optical drive bays have claw-like doors that look really impressive all the while being the biggest throwback to the machines namesake; a butt ugly alien.

    Hot Predator | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • A man with the blood of millions on his claw-like hands.

    Videos: Demonstrators Shot in Tehran Streets « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

  • There are two large, fleshy digits that act in a claw-like fashion.

    Around a Sun Named Inferno Hugh Barlow 2011

  • The nymphs are these strange kind of alien-looking things that have no wings, very rudimentary legs that are only good for crawling and nothing else, and they kind of have these huge, claw-like front legs, says Hartley.

    Cicadas Swarm Wide Portions of US 2011

  • What had screamed all night now gave way to a ragged golden sky framed with the claw-like reaches of large broken tree limbs.

    Perquampi Andrew Edwards 2011

  • They are asymmetrical and disturbing, showing melting features, a disembodied claw-like white hand, and other stylized images from the story.

    Coraline: Girl Heroine! « A Working Title 2009

  • Soliman, the sultan, is in cahoots with sinister aliens who slink across the stage, shrouded like mummies, with black faceplates and, in one case, claw-like appendages used as an extra set of legs.

    In performance: "Zaide" at Wolf Trap 2010

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