| 单词 | paw |
| 例句 | He was awake, peering up at her, his head on his paws. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She nailed his velvet ears to the wooden pole and spread his arms out as if he were flying and attached his paws to the pole by wrapping pieces of wire around them. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z There came a low word of command "Halt!" then a moment of horsey noises—nostrils blowing, hoofs pawing, bits being champed, necks being patted. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Then, very gradually, part by part, a pale dangling individual stepped out of the wreck, pawing tentatively at the ground with a large uncertain dancing shoe. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Louisiana caught up to Raymie and took her hand, and Raymie had the strange thought that holding on to Louisiana’s hand was like holding the paw of one of the ghost bunnies on her barrettes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Jamie finds a back scratcher that looks like a bear paw. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a soft paw on my lap, then a gray body. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Crookshanks skidded to a halt, crouched low on his bandy legs, and started making furious swipes beneath it with his front paw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z His paws looked like ordinary mouse paws to him, but now that she mentioned it, maybe... Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “All’s well,” she whispered and his paws stopped moving. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He clapped his paws and gazed around the room. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Him!” added Dozer and Duke, both pointing paws in Fred’s direction. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He indicated a large circle with it, pointing at himself with his unsticky paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In fact, he pats the spot where I was sitting on the bench and grins when the rat hops up and puts its front paws on his leg! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z His paw encountered a space in the left wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My six-year-old self cooed over baby Fig pawing at the shoelace Thomas dangled over his head. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Alex heard a bark and spotted Rex rolling on his back in the outfield grass, wiggling and kicking his paws in the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Swiftly, swiftly, he whirled and bounded back into the trees, wet leaves rustling beneath his paws, branches whipping at him as he rushed past. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Iorek watched closely, and touched the edge of the window with his paw, and sniffed at it, and stepped through into the hot, moist air to look around in silence. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A polar bear towered above it all, slashing blindly with skillet-sized paws. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Right, comrades. Now we know a bit more about things, let’s have a show of paws. All those in favor of letting the mouse go free.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The locket, suspended from the long nail on his paw, swung back and forth, back and forth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He held one paw forward in an awkward, unnatural way and kept licking it miserably. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One arm is splayed out uselessly while she paws at her shoulder with the other, trying to stanch the sluggish pulse of blood draining out of her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z With a rush of wings and paws, the celestial mounts disappeared, called back to the deities they served. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She toyed with the knot, using both front paws. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He held out a paw, and I resisted the urge to slap it away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Matthias ran across and seized the Guerrilla Shrew by her paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z All that could be heard was Silent Sam sucking his tiny paw as he clutched on to his father’s tail. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Barking, lifting his paws excitedly, then dashing away from us. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Sounds like a good plan,” she said, getting all wound up and pawing at the dirt with her sneakers. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Take him and Quentin down to the house and let them play with Luster, where Frony can watch them, T. P., and go and help your paw. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius waved a happy paw and waddled off. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Yearling pawed the dirt nervously when he saw it; Shawn moved slowly, letting him smell the stirrups and nibble curiously at the horn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Kutti put a paw on my foot, like he was telling me to stay. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Along the right side of the bear footprints, the old man painted paw prints in blue, and then yellow, and finally white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He began leaping and skipping about on the bank and cuffing Fiver with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It had two grips, one below the elbow, the other for the paw to grasp. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Scamper stretched out his front paws and lay on the concrete. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z One of the divine vehicles, the golden tiger with startlingly long claws, walked up to the door and pawed it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His left paw was injured, but the damage did not seem permanent; no toes or claws were missing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Stops with one paw up the way he does. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I grabbed Fig’s front paws and waved them back and forth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Sit up!” she’d shout, and clap her hands, and I would, with my little arms up in front of my face and my wrists curled down like paws. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded her in a way of those cats who followed the laser point on the ground, trying forever to trap it between their paws, but she didn’t tell Joaquin that. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The seeds they carried fell out of their hands, and no other animal could carry the seeds because they had only feet and paws. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She reached over the edge of the chair and pawed at a stack of books, grabbing a thin, tattered paperback. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The cat, a tabby with white chest and paws, was at the further end of the little yard, walking slowly and deliberately along the side of a pile of logs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had china arms and china legs, china paws and a china head, a china torso and a china nose. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z In his other front paw Nanabozho found another little grain, and one grain of dirt in each of his hind paws. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Adam looked down at her hand and saw it wrinkled as a pale monkey’s paw. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sadly he lay down by an unrewarding blueberry bush, drew his paws down tightly over his blackened face, then licked the dirt off them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Petunia, the lanky Doberman, was leaping off the floor and banging her paws against the basement window. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The smells filled his head, alive and intoxicating; the green muddy stink of the hot pools, the perfume of rich rotting earth beneath his paws, die squirrels in the oaks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His huge paws dug into my arms and thighs, his claws painfully cutting through my skin. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The two bay horses pawed the hard ground and threw up their heads so that the shined pole jumped and the doubletrees squeaked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He almost jumps from paw to paw as I’m putting it down for him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I rang the doorbell and heard Myrna Mountweazel’s paws scurrying on the hardwood floors, and then she was barking like crazy, staring at us through the sidelight glass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z As Matthias battled to free his other paw he felt himself enveloped by two pairs of wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Winn-Dixie started chewing on his paw, and I tapped him on the head to make him stop. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Scratching one paw with the other, he decided that safety at least dictated his moving along. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Kutti bounded over, placed his paws on my knees, and pushed me off balance. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The old dog had his beloved cat, warm and purring between his paws, again, and he snored in deep contentment. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z With the blustery howling wind pinning flat his ears, and forcing the breath back down his throat, Matthias giddily covered his eyes with a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Eight dogs, each with thick gray coats shading into white bellies and paws, had been led into the courtyard by a thin, spry Xi woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Both females, playing together, jumping over a log, batting an old pumpkin with their paws. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and sneezed so often that he carried a handkerchief in one paw at all times. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He roared, rearing high, slashing with huge paws at the rider. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And then she carefully opened another box and pulled out what looked to be five or six dead foxes with open beady eyes, limp paws, and fluffy tails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She whimpered and crossed her paws over her snout “Where now?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z And it’s like that dog knows to curl up and hook his paws. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z She clapped her paws together in a brisk manner, urging her companions to resume the task. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well, you know best, being their paw,” she said calmly. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he pawed it apart and sniffed among the broken pieces, eating up the fat white grubs. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Reverently he placed both paws around the handle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She reaches her paws under the edge, and her sharp claws scratch against the metal frame. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He snorted through his nose and pawed more deeply, spattering grass and black earth at his sharp rear hooves. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax nosed his friend’s muddy cheek, pawed his flank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When it was my turn to pose with the bunny, I took one look at his paw and yanked it right off. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Alive, they had been as many as the fingers on a man’s paw, but now they were none. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Just then Stargirl lifted one of Cinnamon’s front paws and waved it at the control room and said in a squeaky voice, “Hi, Leo.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It was like the story of the mouse pulling a thorn from the paw of the lion. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Had a bunch of cats sat around a boardroom table raising their paws? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As they approached, they suddenly saw Hawkbit sitting among the thorn trunks, cleaning his face with his paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog set its paws on the rim, tipping the can and sending the garbage across the sidewalk. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He tightened his paws on the sword-handle and moved it from side to side with the sway of the big viper’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As she looked up, the wind whipped a lock of hair into her face and she sputtered, pawing it down again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Bigwig dropped on his front paws and looked round. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Mr. Trepid said, pawing at his ear. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Jess carried on scrambling downwards, beating off attackers whenever she had a free paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A gray paw emerged from under the bed and patted her shoelace. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z But when the great paws came down, they fell gently onto the man’s unprotected shoulders, and he didn’t fall backward, he stood his ground, and...and. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z When his paws were cleaned, he curled them up under his chest to wait. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Constance remained sitting upon the floor, her face expressionless, the mighty paws clenching and unclenching. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “YES!” burst out the small lion cub, wriggling free of his mother’s paw. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He put his paws up in the air. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He put his front paws onto the wall and stretched his neck, but he couldn’t see anything beyond. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She looked further and when she saw “horse,” she heard him pawing the ground and saw the sun glint on his glossy coat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After several minutes Richard Parker sat up, licking his left paw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "Slight problem," said Scruffy, swiping a paw across his snout. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Chestnutt stood on her hind paws and dropped the pencil she had been using to sketch on the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He went to snorting and shaking his horns and pawing up the dry dirt with his forefeet. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then away she went, paw over paw, up the massive Abbey face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Finn bent down and saw that Rocket was lying upside down, his paw swiping up toward a cord plugged into the wall behind the dresser. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And his stomach and paws were still wet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The squirrel was holding a walnut in its paws. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Together, they stared at the Ulysses 2000X and at the squirrel, who was holding it over his head with one paw. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The Abbot put his paw around the young mouse’s shoulder, sensing his secret yearnings, for he had ruled Redwall wisely over a great number of years and gained much experience of mouselife. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He slipped his little paw into my hand and looked up at me with the sweetest smile I have ever seen in the world forever. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning to Matthias, it took its paw from its mouth and beckoned him to follow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At this moment the soil at the far end of the burrow began to crumble inward: then it fell away and Silver’s head and front paws appeared. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved a paw at her, but it was another minute or two before he could stand upright and breathe without coughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His paws sensed a threat from the ground: more boxes were buried near the bank, the field crossed with more wires. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Lyra had joined him, and Pantalaimon was snarling as a leopard, paws on the sill, making the first children hesitate. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The lynx reached a paw out to its full length and raked at the cat, tearing a strip of the bark away. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’d seen how clever he was at pawing through the snow to the tender grass below. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z With the lantern and basket in one paw and the jug in the other, Cornflower ascended the steps at the south-east corner of the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Despereaux waited until she was gone, and then he reached out and, with one paw, touched the lovely words. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The unicorn made a whinny, and pawed again with his hoof. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Along yet another corridor he dashed, and then there were owls everywhere, and Mrs. Norris was hissing and trying to bat them with her paws, no doubt to return them to their proper place.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Fortunately for us all, Coyote helped the day animals by hiding the stone in his paws so that they won that game. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder if you tell each other stories,” said Nhamo to the elderly baboon, who was dozing with her paws tucked under her knees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Abbot folded his paws into the wide sleeves of his habit and stared impassively at the Warlord. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He reached out a paw and hit a key on the typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z He managed to get a paw free and struck out left and right, dealing hefty blows to several of the sparrows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z While Ignatius was slamming doors and plunging his paws down into the well, George said, “Now I helped you out, prof. Maybe you can do the same for me.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Moonie goes and gives the old rag rug a scratch with one paw. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z I pointed to the cat, sitting in a patch of sunlight, carefully licking his paws and rubbing his face. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She was still holding on but I saw her paws were almost at the edge. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z One of his front paws slipped on the ice. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He pawed at the picture frame and began to purr. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I was watching Jasper, who was jumping up and pawing at the man in delight. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He heard Tozier behind him: “Dress it up, dress it up,” a muffled complaint, whispers, the far sound of hoofs pawing the ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Four times he struck at me with his right paw and sent me overboard, and four times I lost my shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Silent Sam clenched his little paws over his head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And when he returned she snuggled up and put her paws all over him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The pup rolled to his back, paws outstretched like an upside-down chair. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Methuselah rapped the table with a bony paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then she tapped the diagram at my feet with her paw. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He covered his mouth with a paw to stifle a giggle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z After he was gone, the Head Mouse slapped his trembling paw on the table. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I’m shaking so hard I can see my own hands tremble as I keep one on Shiloh’s head, the other on a front paw. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Tobias rubs the back of his neck, pawing at the Dauntless tattoo like he wants to tear it from his body. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They put their snouts on the horn, sniffing and tasting the metal, scraping paws over the surface and then making highpitched yipping sounds to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “They brought in a bunch of boxes while you were sleeping. Looks to me like they’re taking the whole lot of you,” he says casually, licking a paw. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z He winks at me and rubs his paws thoughtfully. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackavar spat out a mouthful of fur and jumped clear, clawing with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He clutched his whiskers with his front paws and shook his head from side to side in despair. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The chieftain of the dan lumbered over to Agravaine like a good-natured animal doing a trick, and patted him with a huge paw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z If I said that to Bas, he would have put his hands out in fake kitty claws, hissing and pretending to paw at the air until I laughed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, one day when I was trying to teach Buds to shake hands, Rusty suddenly held out his paw. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Kitten Fig’s paw swiped under the sofa, but he couldn’t reach it. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z With a brisk cheery manner she scooped up a handful of soil, rubbing it into her paws to give some extra gripping power. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The black-and-white kitten paws playfully at the curling paper as they work. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It stood looking down the hill, one paw lifted like a puppy paying attention to everything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z There it began to lick its paws vigorously. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll what? Stomp your little paws again? Go ahead. The Thicket is gone, remember? Whatever magic was in those thorns burned away when the iron monsters attacked.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The cat crouched almost flat on the ground, thrusting its head forward between its front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed the soggy pigtail from Ignatius’ paws and threw it over her shoulder onto the guitar, where it landed with a twang. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He lay on the floor but didn't rest his head on his paws as usual. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The bed sat on four squat lion’s paws, as if the weight of it had crushed the lion underneath. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushed against him with her paws, then laid her head on his lap the way she used to do with Albert. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He swiped away some of the raindrops splattered across the glass with his paw. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z His right paw reached out and curved over her shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a confident and satisfied group of friends who shook paws as the meeting ended. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “My paws were wrinkled like prunes after that shoot,” said Scruffy. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It either went into my mouth that instant or was lost to Richard Parker, who was pawing and stamping the ground and huffing impatientiy on the edge of his territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z With his other hand he pawed roughly at Tree-ear’s waist pouch. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Seeing that there was no further movement, he loped back and cuffed again with his paw, this time harder, and watched for a response. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pax lowered his paw an inch, holding the man’s gaze, testing him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Constance swung her paw round in a mighty arc, and it caught Shadow square on the chin. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I yelped like a puppy whose paw had been stepped on. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The young mouse humored him accordingly, bowing low with a paw at his waist. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The shop was always crowded with black men and women pawing over cheap suits and dresses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He patted the badger’s rough coat with a gentle paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And then Furlough stood up on his hind legs and placed his right paw over his heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He lifted a corner of each bill, one in either paw. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z On occasion she pawed at Mama’s feet and was rewarded with a carrot. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Picking up some mud in his paws, he quickly made his way to the place where he knew Hyena would sleep at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z To help the audience unlock the puzzle, Blue leaves behind a series of clues, which are objects tattooed with one of her paw prints. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke, he waved a paw in front of his mouth to dislodge the fries that clustered there. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was finishing the project on New Year’s Eve when Edgar stalked in and began to paw at the skirt of the dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could close my eyes and almost see him, humped up and waddling along, fishing under the banks with his delicate little paws for crawfish, frogs, and minnows. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Hannah took her turn at one of the tables and started to paw through the clothes. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was going to take matters into his own paws and tell that boy a thing or two. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I just want some space, that’s all. You don’t have to be pawing me all the time.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In fact, I made it because Jessie once opened the door with her little handlike paws and helped herself to venison and nuts. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood in it, remembering I didn’t know what the Cowgills’ raw and paw looked like. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He was just a puppy then, small and yippy and always tripping over his paws. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He jerked his head as if the sound were a boulder I’d thrown at him, but then he merely stood considering, and, after a minute, he pawed the ground again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Her hull was black and gold, her figurehead a lion with an upraised paw. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pax dropped and tucked his paws under his chest, but it was hard to keep from leaping onto the tree to try it himself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Not the whole paw, of course—the bars were too close together. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Churning up sand, he raced to where the curious puppy was poised to paw at the jellyfish. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Reginald hopped up, braced his paws against the doorjamb, wrapped his mouth around the doorknob, and executed a flawless turn and push. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z With a great effort and many helping paws from Tock, they reached the top of the ridge at last, but only two steps ahead of the furious Trivium. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The soft sounds of licking and padding paws didn’t stop. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I looked back, and there were the demon rats, racing with their scabby paws toward me, their eyes filled with the Big M—Murder!—and their pointy heads bobbing up and down with each leap. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He was thwacking his paws in the muck, chasing the sudsy waves. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It is impossible to lift the Midgard serpent, and yet you did, and you even loosened a coil of it when you lifted its paw from the ground. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He sat next to the drowned man with his enormous paws neatly propped together on the dead man’s lap, his tail wagging a mile a minute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And long after Becky and Dara Lynn goes inside, I lay out there on my back in the grass, not caring about the dew, Shiloh against me crosswise, his paws on my chest. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Back in the cabin he flopped down on the floor and put his chin down on his paws. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Flora watched Ulysses fly over her, his tail extended at full length and his front paws delicately pointed. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Clyde ignored the paws that Ignatius had extended for inspection. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And when the mouse tried to get away, Winn-Dixie put his paw right on the mouse’s tail. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Clinging to the vane with one paw, Matthias jumped up and down in a frenzy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was crouching on the floor holding a piece of bread in its front paws and nibbling away at it with great gusto. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Nanabozho opened Muskrat’s front paw and found a grain of earth in it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The monkey fell on his paws, facing the cat, and the cat arched her back, tail raised high, and stood sideways on, hissing, challenging, spitting. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to wipe his nose with his wet paw and wished mouse children had to go to bed at night Eke human children. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z They moved closer over the grass and touched the sleepers softly with nose, paw, whiskers, bathing in the life-giving warmth they gave off, but being infinitely careful not to wake them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Blockhead! That was your right paw. Now hold out your left, stupid! I’m going to make an example of you this lot won’t forget.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The tiny squirrel licked his paw and smiled. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He spanked the ground with his front paw, leaped to the side, and spanked the ground again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It paws the dark shore like an animal about to charge. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Little Sam stood watching them, sucking his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before he could lay his hands on it, Chester flipped over onto his back, closed his eyes and folded his paws over his chest. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z It sat on the meat, just as though it had been invited to dinner, and rubbed its hairy paws as it gloated over the meal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His paw slipped off when he tried to turn it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fledge was now gliding with his great wings spread out motionless on each side, and his hoofs pawing for the ground. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He shuddered and said no more, leaving Merry to tell of those last horrible moments: the pawing hands, the hot breath, and the dreadful strength of Grishnákh’s hairy arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Duke slowly peeled up one flap of his sleep mask with his good front paw. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He scratched his nose with one of his paws. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With paws outstretched, he...slowly...lifted...his...head...his eyes glazed and vacant. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Every living creature up and down the fields and copses must be muted, pressed down as though under a great, soft paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the sound of Fred’s paws slapping against the wet pavement. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Picking up weapons that lay close to paw they assembled at their appointed posts to await further orders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The marmalade cat prodded him with an indolent paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His dæmon uttered the softest possible growl at the back of her throat, and settled down with her paws outstretched in the manner of the Sphinx. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The badger tapped the side of her head with a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A dog was standing next to the truck now, propped on its rear legs, paws on the truck’s door, tail wagging. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She picked up one of the dog’s legs and examined the soft paws. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was the fear of the goat, released in the tiger’s cage, when the tiger first looks up from its paws, begins to growl. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A wolf, asleep with his head on his paws, awakens at the sound of my footsteps and opens his eyes but does not lift his head. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached across the coach and pawed at me, ripping my reticule from my waist. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She pawed at his clothes and beat his tail. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Scruffy stood on top of Fred’s head and leaned his paws against the windowsill. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They squealed and pawed their way up to her with their eyes still sealed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The two men stood pawing through the dynamite— twenty-four sticks of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Pax got to his paws to sniff more deeply. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The frightened rat stuck out what he fervently hoped was his left paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Using it as a springboard, he bounced nimbly on to the ramparts and vanished, sucking fiercely at his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stood up on his hind legs, put his paws on Despereaux’s shoulders, and leaned in close to him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It’s this cute cat that waves its left paw up and down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Gretchen took a short lap of her coffee, surprisingly neat, then looked up at me and with a gentle paw pushed the sugar bowl over toward me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And remember this, boys, God did not send His only begotten Son to hang on the cross so that ye can go around on yeer First Communion day with the paws clutching for The Collection. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The cat waved its paws in the air and slowly rolled back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He heard the thump, thump, thump of Sounder’s paw hitting the underneath side of the porch floor as he scratched at a flea in his short tan hair. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius patted his mother's hennaed hair with one of his huge paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Others, though, argued that it was quite clear that general laws of the sort described by Descartes could never produce the perfect design that one could find in the paw of a dog. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One of the garrons whickered and pawed at the thin stony soil of the hollow where they had taken shelter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Holly struggled free of Bigwig and crouched on his haunches, scuffling his front paws and growling, as rabbits will when angry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The shark held on to his paw, its only line of defence and attack, and thrashed its tail. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The terrified animal cried in pain and reared up, its sharp hooves pawing the air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Chestnutt buried her head in her paws and shivered, and Gum Baby’s jaw dropped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He had his paws Up on the dash. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally his paw would be much larger when closed than it was when he reached in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After mopping its brow with a filthy handkerchief, the angel lit a cigarette by clicking together two nails on its left paw, inhaled deeply, and immediately had a long drawn-out coughing jag. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It picked up an acorn, held it for a moment in its handlike front paws, as if it were praying. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I am not spoiled, and I am not selfish,” he insisted, as he tried to drag his motorcycle away from all those clutching paws. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He climbed out of the shoe box and put his front paws on the door and his nose out the open window. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z The potatoes followed; then, holding down the plate with his paw, the cat polished it clean. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest otter stuck out his paw, swatted the heavy thing, and quickly jumped back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Tries to keep it in behind that sandwich he is holding in his kitten paws. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z At the end of class, before I can get out of my seat, Bernard puts his heavy paw on my shoulder. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But the thought of not being able to tell my best friend that my paw was caught in the trap was too sad. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Three long quills were stuck shivering in his paw. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The badger sat down with her snout between her paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was beginning to feel his paws numbed by the jarring blows of the hefty iron railing against the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It’s motion, the vibration of hooves and paws on hard dirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead, though, he lifts a paw to scratch at the wall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He turns to walk away, but something else about his last statement paws at my brain. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Crookshanks darted up first; he had evidently pressed his paw to the knot on the trunk, because Lupin, Pettigrew, and Ron clambered upward without any sound of savaging branches. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z His hand, like the powerful and barely restrained paw of a cougar, touched her belly, her breasts, her throat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Abbot bowed and placed his paws within his wide habit sleeves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Furlough,” Despereaux said, and he took one of his brothers paws in his own. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He trotted about on the parapet, always sucking his paw, leaping from stone to stone, fighting off imaginary foes with his tiny dagger. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He tugged at it with one paw “Don’t touch the thread, ” barked the second hood. “\\eah,” echoed the first hood, “don’t touch the thread. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z A hasty diagnosis revealed that the hedgehog was suffering from a long jagged wound that ran from the back of his ear to the tip of his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Suddenly, Chongo quit pawing the dirt and flung his tail into the air. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He goes as far as the sycamore tree, lies down in the wet grass, head on his paws. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The Abbot slapped a paw down on the plans. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pawed up Temp’s back, found Boots’s hot little fingers, and entwined them with his own. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Pa said the bear was standing up on its hind legs, holding the pig in its paws just as though they were hands. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my heart starts beating faster as I notice paw prints on the painting from where Mango walked across it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The cop had a bit of pencil clutched in his big paw and he was painfully making small notes in a small notebook. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry Cat folded his front paws over each other and rested his head on them. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lying on the rug with my head on my paws just staring absently at the front door. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z As Matthias placed his paw on the spike in question, the door swung creakingly inwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Wing in paw, the reunited comrades strolled off to the barn, chatting amiably as if there had never been a cross word between them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He saw Bigwig and Silver and went to join them, flicking the wet off his front paws step by step, like a cat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Skin to the church and get their maw and paw,” Grandma said briefly to me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” said my dad in English, and dropped a meaty paw on my shoulder. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z His hand changed into an orange paw, with enormous claws that sparked against Thalia’s shield as he slashed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The kindly old mouse shook his head and held up a conciliatory paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Pan was curled up like a dormouse between cat Ben’s paws, both fast asleep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Wee paws for station identification,” I would whoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a mess, matted hair—more black than brown—big paws, but its body is still small. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “If some big animal runs through here and catches a paw, it’ll be hoisted up into the air in a big hammock.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She lay down and began to lick her paws, then to clean her face with them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Those huge blunt paws were ready to tear some creature into dollrags. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Oh, I quite agree," sneers the fearless leader, rubbing his tiny squirrel paws together with glee. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The boy spoke to him, but the great paws only dug harder to grip the frozen earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel, Dr. Martin, and George turn over branches and search under the debris until a paw brings them all to their knees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Glue the heart on the squirrel’s stomach and then glue the two paws on the sides. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Beneath the trees, warhorses whickered softly and pawed at the moist, leafy ground, while men made nervous jests in hushed voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I touched his paw, and he placed it back on the floor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The squirrel sat looking at him, its paws folded in front as if it might be saying its prayers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Genie gripped the big paw tight, shook it hard, and nodded. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The little dog next to Coraline nudged her with its front paw. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Uncoiling Shadow’s climbing rope, he bound Ragear paw and claw to a sturdy oak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A single bite from its massive jaw, one hard swat from its powerful paw, anything now would tip the balance and end this nightmare. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Mary Alice’s forehead was greasy now, and we were both down on all fours, pawing through strange old dresses and funny shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His front paws snuck up to the very rim. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His paws were half buried in the wet gravel and he was nosing at something large and flat on the waterline. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabs for me—one hand closing on my wrist, the other pawing at my dress and neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was a shrewd, buoyant air about him as he sat up, looked round and rubbed both front paws over his nose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It gazed up at him curiously, sucking noisily on its paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Instantly his paw reached forward and flicked the stick aside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Guosim stuck her paws between her lips and emitted a sharp whistle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Hair was sprouting visibly on his face and hands, which were curling into clawed paws. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He grabbed the foot with both paws and forced it up from the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The bard, too, had been borne to earth under the paws of another wolf. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z A very cute puppy, trapped in the back seat, presses his nose and paws up against the helicopter's smoky glass windows. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They were cutting up the snow and tearing up the ground around my tree with their pawing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The witch’s eyes moved from Scabbers’s tattered left ear to his front paw, which had a toe missing, and tutted loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They had short, soot-black fur, little red eyes, pink paws like tiny hands, and pink, hairless tails like long, smooth worms. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He lifted his head from his paws, listening, sniffing at the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cupping her paws around her mouth she called in a ululating voice: “Logalogalogalogalog!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He put his two front paws on my shoulders. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “First cousin once removed—on the mother’s side,” returned the Brown Bear, whispering the information behind his paw. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A few—five altogether—now had cat's paws. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He traced them with one paw And then he put his paw to his mouth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z His name was Ube, and Jam had known him since she was a toddler pawing through picture books. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She showed them a picture of a bear, then came the first Blue’s clue, a little splotch of white and black tattooed with one of Blue’s paw prints. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To Pax’s surprise, a smaller, skinnier version of herself unfurled at her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But now he’s pushing open the back screen himself and going down into the yard, then comin’ back and tapping on the screen with one paw, so we’ll let him in. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z When customers pause by the big pile of clothes, Olga madly paws through it, holding up items, hoping something will catch their fancy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A dog lay at their feet, head resting on its front paws. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There are two-toed sloths and there are three-toed sloths, the case being determined by the forepaws of the animals, since all sloths have three claws on their hind paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Like the first bull, he came blaring out into the clearing, then stopped, to snort and sling his wicked horns and paw up clouds of dust. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z As she hung flapping uselessly, Matthias called down, “Make up your mind! My paws are getting tired. This lead’s beginning to slip.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Don’t be picky or legalistic as to where its paw actually landed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Brutus cut his paw and began splattering blood over everything. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She pawed blindly at the wall inside the doorway but found no switches. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Sirius grasped his hand briefly, nodded to Dumbledore, transformed again into the black dog, and ran the length of the room to the door, whose handle he turned with a paw. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was getting near the far side of the field when all of a sudden Faro came to a point—tail straight, paw lifted, nose forward. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon held it firmly down with a needle-filled paw and looked up at the darkening sky, where the black wing flaps of the cormorant were circling higher as she cast around for the other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z All the way upstairs they went, and when they got to the top, Franz bypassed the bedrooms, snuffled urgently, and pawed the door that led into the building hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Colin Vole huddled piteously on some dirty sacking in a corner, while Mr. Abram Vole and his wife battered away at the door with their paws tied together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They herded us into the lines, and she pawed at my arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you are the hope for the future,” Ignatius said, dramatically pounding one paw into the other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The news caused Madam to send the soldierwives pawing through the attic for a gown she had not worn yet this year. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought his hands up to the sides of his face, like paws; he crooked his fingers, like claws. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z John Eye looked at us with his brow furrowed, as if he were trying to make up his mind about something, and then he put out his huge paw, palm up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "If you hadn't been so busy guzzling that sandwich," I said, "you would have noticed your hairy paws. Take a look at them." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z His front hooves raised a few inches off the dirt, as if he’d pondered rearing but thought better of it, then he dropped his head and his paws stilled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They had claws for fingernails, feet like paws. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He laughs, patting her all over with hands solid and undefined as paws. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She backs away from the badly dented box, her paws held up in surrender. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z There was a stone raccoon inside the chicken pen with a messy chicken leg in its paws. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Relieved, Pax laid his head on his paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And if I was to go to heaven and look down to see Shiloh left below, head on his paws, I’d run away from heaven sure. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “And this guy made us smile. He had these huge ears and paws.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And in all the excitement, one of their paws accidentally slapped an important little button on the back of the robot’s head. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t slow until the last second, paws skidding in the dirt, his butt sliding past as he lapped the stick up into his mouth. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Eventually he managed it by leaping up, getting one paw over the top of the thing, and with his weight, snapping the twine that held it to the roof. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Each of the hooded mice put a paw on Despereaux's shoulder. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She pawed the snow impatiently and pushed her warm nose into his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Once he reaches in and gets hold of that tin, he’s caught, because he will never open his paw.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached out a paw to pat something in the air in front of her, something quite invisible to Will. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I put a Post-it into each of the invitations that had a cat's paw mark. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She blocked him, and when he tried to slink away in another direction, she restrained him with a heavy paw until he stilled in defeat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” said Wish, daintily licking one of its paws. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "If they can stomp in here with three police officers and paw through our house, what do you think?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Light flickered on bits of ruby glass and on sensitive capillary hairs in the nylon-brushed nostrils of the creature that quivered gently, gently, gently, its eight legs spidered under it on rubber-padded paws. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He hissed and reared up on his hind legs, towering over me, his great paws ready to swat me down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z His paws rest on the frame of her car door, and he gives her a single polite lick. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The beaver chewed and gnawed and carved up that piece of wood, turning it over and over in his paws. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Of course, we didn't run out of invitations until Tillie's cat got its paws into the ink. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Dana fell heavily upon him, clamping his meaty paws around Roy’s throat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When he jumped, His paws landed on a cricket. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He stroked his chin with his furry paw. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The animal has another original use for its urine: in hot, dry weather it will cool itself by relieving its bladder on the ground and stirring up a refreshing mud bath with its paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I find myself pawing at my left ear periodically, trying to clean away whatever deadens its ability to collect sounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Today he rode In my father’s car, His paws on the dash As he looked around At the road giving way To farms and countryside. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The mouse found a shred of cheese and turned it in its tiny paws as if attempting to discern its edibility. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her shadow horses huffed and pawed at the void. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His dæmon, a squirrel now, sat on his shoulder and clapped her paws together. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “This is clearly a case for the Civil Liberties Union,” Ignatius observed, squeezing his mother’s drooping shoulder with the paw. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His pursuer, too, dropped to a crouching position, then pushed an exploratory paw into the burrow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hear its breath and the loose gravel flying under its paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pugmarks? You know what they say—big paw prints follow small ones. That mother tiger’s going to escape, and then she’ll swim right over here to find her cub.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z A new bubble, still separate from the others, sat next to his right paw. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z And as he leaned there, his heart pounding, his paws shaking, a small wonderful something occurred. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The dark of a childhood closet, the odor of gasoline she never liked, the feel of something dangerous pawing at her softly to see what she would do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The barrel fairly flew up under the badger’s strong paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Woundwort, hearing the squealing from behind him, covered the distance in a few moments and set upon the veteran stoat with slashing teeth and great kicks from his needle-clawed back paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had not seen me and was passing not more than ten yards away when the dog twisted about, raised his nose, and curled one paw up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The knowledge that the gathering was safely round the corner came to Hazel in the form of a recollection of Silver’s head and paws breaking through gravel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Eyes wide with terror, he ran straight into the paws of his mouse friend, narrowly missing injury on the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Alex stayed right by Rex’s side through the whole exam, holding him while the vet irrigated the wound and stroking his paw when the doctor injected the cut with anesthetic. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z They couldn’t sting through his thick fur, and he kept brushing them away from his head with one paw. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The right one was cut and swollen big as a bear paw. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z When it rains in New York, rich people’s dogs wear miniature raincoats and plastic slippers that pinch their paws, and kids giggle and shriek and splash in the puddles. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The lights brightened, and they went back to licking their paws. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She pawed through Miss Lilian’s silk dresses, her velvet gowns, her wool coats, setting them swinging and swaying like ghosts. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z A girl dressed in rags pawed at the hem of my skirt as we walked by. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Each time he lifted his paw the rats near him flinched. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sitting next to it, he folded his paws under him and half shut his eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The bear dropped him to the ground and pawed at his chest as if raking leaves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In his paw were two pink tickets which he held out to the children. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A great, full-clawed paw rose in the air and cuffed my shield. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z All I could see was her head and her small front paws. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Colliding again, they pawed the ground and then peace fully trotted away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One paw, seemingly too large for its body, stuck through the bars of its cage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Facing him was the sad but stubborn heroine with the count beside her, and their horses, tethered to a nearby oak, were neighing and pawing the ground, impatient to be off. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Up ahead sat the fat black mother cat enjoying the warm sun on her fat black back, licking a paw as if there were cake batter on it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z "Not so fast, my nimble friend," says Duke, holding up a paw. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He began to paw them and feel them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He sat on his haunches and tried to clean his face with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “His paws are kind of damp,” she said. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The golden monkey put a tentative hand out to touch the paw of the snow leopard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z When it stood fully open, Matthias put his paw around Methuselah’s thin shoulders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He stood there with the sunshine dappling him over and sometimes his hooves struck a spark from the stones as he pawed the ground. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She would run the chicken down and hold it with her paws until Mama came. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only a piece of parchment, folded over and bearing a muddy paw print on its front, but Harry appreciated it all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He always shredded his paws on the rough concrete buried beneath, but he could not control the urge. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When it came to the end of the stairs, it rolled and rolled, until finally, lazily, it came to a stop right at the gnarled paw of a rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Licking his chops he walked up the steps, lifted a bold demanding paw and scratched at the door, then sat down, pricking his ears expectantly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The pathetic creature knelt before us, quivering as he pressed his paw against his wound. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He circled us, snorting and pawing at the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat jumped down so quickly when Meggie put the milk on the floor beside the bed that it almost fell over its own paws. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The hole was small, and when he closed his paw, he couldn’t get it back out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked stiffly in the direction of the pool nearby, passing on his way the cat, who Was crouched over something held between his paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But his arms were completely useless now, and his hands seemed no more than huge paws. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z And he was old and very polite; he never came inside, he said, because he didn’t want his dog, Bones, to “muddy up the floors,” even though Delilah’s paws were just as dirty. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The otter clamped a damp paw about her shoulders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z While George evaded indifferent slaps from the unoccupied paw, Ignatius scrutinized the title on the cover of the book: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Huh. That’s sad. End of an era,” I said, scratching a black Lab mix under her chin until her paw started to move uncontrollably. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The kitten purred in agreement and started cleaning his paws. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She put her front paws down on the rock, and, laboriously, pushed herself up into a standing position: a grey wolf bigger than a bear, her coat and muzzle flecked with blood. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He kept jerking his front paw, which was jammed deep in the hole I had bored. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Will had no fear for the knife, because Iorek was clearly a craftsman of the highest accomplishment; nor for Iorek himself, because of the delicacy of movement in those mighty paws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Then he would pick his way with extreme distaste through the wet grass and undergrowth, taking a long time, and stopping often to shake his paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Humason would lead the column of mules on horseback, his white terrier standing just behind the saddle, its front paws on Humason’s shoulders. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias held the lead tightly with both paws, straining backwards as the sparrow dangled and fluttered over Great Hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her teacup monkey, Singe, starts to stamp his feet and reach his paw through the cage bars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Richard Parker turned and started clawing the shark’s head with his free front paw and biting it with his jaws, while his rear legs began tearing at its stomach and back. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Fig’s paws slid along the metal tabletop as he attempted an escape, but Dr. Spires managed to keep him in place. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Gently she sticks her black paws in my ears, feels my cheek, then turns around, and, hanging onto my neck with her hind legs, reaches down into my pocket with her front paws. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It counted a roll of money clutched in one paw. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Back in the yard Boxer was pawing with his hoof at the stable-lad who lay face down in the mud, trying to turn him over. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She appeared agitated, gnawing upon her lip and rubbing her paws together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His feet look like animal paws in sandals, heavily calloused with thick nail- claws and coated with dirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No head raise, evil glare, or paw swat. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The sack of loot clattered from his nerveless paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When I don’t, I’m thinking about him out in the rain all afternoon, head on his paws, watching our door. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A moment later Andy desperately pawed the zippered door open and barely managed to thrust his head and torso outside before vomiting. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Everybody else in the store was pawing things. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bruno, still grasping part of the sandwich in one paw, followed after me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The waitress is wearing a burgundy Grizzlies football jersey, which has a bear paw clawing down the front of it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The mongoose swiped a paw through the air and the mamba lunged, striking at its paw with terrifying accuracy. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Harry could hear the gnome giggling madly as Crookshanks inserted a paw into the boot, trying to reach it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His heavy paws stood on Alex’s shoulders, pinning him to the pavement. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The cub crouched, quivered, pounced again, and this time he got his muffled front paws on the thing, and a moment later, had bitten it off its string and was flinging it in the air. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And then, tracing each word with his paw, he read the story of a beautiful princess and the brave knight who serves and honors her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Kutti snuggled up to you, and you clutched one of his paws. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The Witch prowls the woods on padded paws. She ate the heart of a sorrowing tiger long ago, and that heart still beats inside her.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The horse follows, walking on his hind legs and pawing the air in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Fowler peeled off a glove and stuck out a paw. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “He didn’t! I wasn’t! It isn’t true!” cried Mollie, beginning to prance about and paw the ground. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z My heart was pounding as he unlocked the cage door with his paw. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z One of them put its long-toed hairless paw in between the thin trees. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The mother sparrow pecked him sharply upon his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His long, red body sailed in between the outspread paws of the lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sparrow placed a claw upon his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Silent Sam gave a broad wink and tapped a well-sucked paw against his nose. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There he was, curled up in a pile of debbir branches, his snout covered by a paw. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He snorted and pawed the ground before turning and trotting off, tail held high in the air. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z His paw hung in midair, and his lime-green eyes were wide, piercing into my thoughts. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Clicks and buzzes and hoots, the rustling of invisible wings and paws. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He seemed to know what she intended before she did, and when she lunged at his head, the great paw swept the stick aside harmlessly, and when she feinted, he didn’t move at all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z At that moment it happened that Boxwood stood on his hind legs and put his front paws high on the wire. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His front paws stretched like a slinky as he leaned against the cupboard, paws inches from the countertop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He jumps up, places front paws on George’s chest with a huge lick to the face. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She drew faces, places, and minute details of plants and animals—a stamen here, a paw there, the rotted out tooth of an aged goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z When he had almost pulled his back free, his paws were stuck. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Before they reached him the lion rose on its hind legs, larger than you would have believed a lion could be, and jabbed at Aravis with its right paw. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The mechanical spider scuttled between the Sphinx’s paws and disappeared. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z An elderly dog, so skinny Fred could see its ribs, stepped into the light and pawed at the dumpster. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Rontu was still lying in the grass with his paws under him and I thought he did not see that the other was upon him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a black stain on the corner of her rug that looks like a paw print. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He suddenly got the idea that there was a rhinoceros on the other side of the trees, pawing its front hoof in the dirt, bowing its head, steadying its horn, ready to charge. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The old bear roared in frustration and waved at the empty air with his huge paws, then reared up on his hind legs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He slithered between the battering branches like a snake and placed his front paws upon a knot on the trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I tried to get up, but his claws ripped my forearm, and a swipe of his paw almost knocked out my molars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When we increase the gravity a little—from 1 g to, say, 3 or 4 g’s—everyone becomes immobilized: even moving a paw requires enormous effort. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And he raised a shaking paw and pointed it at Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Stray dogs pawed at overturned trash cans and torn garbage bags, scrounging for leftovers. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z When his front paws were unstuck, the strange sticky tape trapped his back paws and tail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers perched himself on the still-empty chicken coop—I hoped to order some chicks soon from Sears and Roebuck—earnestly licking the mud from his white paws. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I tried to keep my mind on the demonstration, but something began to paw the inside of my drawing arm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Haie gazes thoughtfully at his great paws and winks at me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He put his front paws on the edge of the bow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The water buffalo began to paw the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She nuzzled against him, still licking and pawing him. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Matthias drained the last of the milk from his bowl, wiping cream from his whiskers with the back of a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The paw prints lead right off the top of the canvas and, I imagine, straight up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The goony man put his wet paw on her shoulder and she realized she had been vibrating. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Still,” said HairySpiders, licking her paws, “it’d be a shame to let perfectly good egg goo go to waste. One creature’s nastiness is another creature’s nibble.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It recoiled, howling in pain, its enormous paws landing indiscriminately. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There were boggarts, mischievous creatures who slammed doors and shattered pottery or pawed through a household’s winter stores in search of sweets. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Disdainfully it wiped a fastidious paw across its soiled tongue and spat as if trying to rid itself of a horrible taste. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Your paw told you to stay out that tree.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z This time it was Matthias’s turn to become excited and point a paw at his companion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It rested one paw on the gray glass marble. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He was holding her paw when she died, and he spent the next several weeks asking us how many dogs could say they'd lived in a redwood house. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I find dead wolves—a paw, a scraggly tail sticking up through snow. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a cardboard cutout of one of Blue’s paw prints. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Holding the small sparrow firmly with her paw, she gripped the arrow in her teeth and yanked it clear from the bird’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He raised up the taloned paw and pointed at me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A coyote with her paw in the trap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Silas waited at the threshold, unwilling to risk his paws on the messy floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I trudge to the shower, pick a ball of lint the size of a cat’s paw out of Finn’s belly button. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Two of them were lying down, heads on their paws, watching, and the other was still sitting up, following the conversation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly Tilly had her front paws up on the edge of my boat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He had evidently finished feeding and was washing his face with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Hastily they ripped and tore with beak, claw and paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The cat let it get nearly to the cover of the blackberry vines and then she reached delicately out and white thorns had sprouted on her paw. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Above my head the horses panted, their bellies swelling and collapsing, their hooves pawing at the dirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He patted the wall with his paw, shouting, “That’s it! That’s it! Why couldn’t I see that? It’s all mixed up, of course!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She saw Calder pawing obliviously through their soggy clothing for his jacket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Yvaine also cared for the dormouse, who spent most of his time fast asleep, curled up with his head between his paws. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth took a deep breath, then lifted the little black kitten with the smudges of white fur on her paws out of the cabinet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was the moment of intermingling with a noise like thunder, the spectacle of broken lances sailing in the air while hones pawed that dement before they went down backward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing down to the road with his knife, he beckoned Cornflower and Ambrose with his well-sucked paw to come and see something. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "He's a modest one, is all. Mr. Shakespeare's the same, and Mr. Burbage. Don't like others pawing them, I guess." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Halfway home, who did I see but Nero, making his way toward me, lifting each paw daintily and giving it a little shake. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Kingston puts his paws up on the back door, looks sadly in the window at Garrett, whose eyes are clouding with tears. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Give me a solution for this, then: motel rooms have doors. We don’t have opposable thumbs. We have paws. We can’t grasp and turn a doorknob.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After we decorated, Daisy Mae and Lucifer immediately began to pull down every bulb and bauble within paw’s reach, and Chipper took up residence deep within, squawking at anyone who walked past. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But on the fourth night he was restless, shaking his head and pawing his ears, his voice distressed at her back. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled the paper out of his paws. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z First thing I did was pull the plastic box out from my closet and noisily paw through all the LEGOs, picking out the red and black Aquanauts with the little oxygen tanks on their backs. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The glass in one of his big paws snaps in two. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I watched Mouse at her bath, licking the back of her paw and then dragging it over one ear, again and again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I bet your Ray is passed out on his back with one paw in the air and squirrels filling his sleepy mind.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She had deep brown fur with a splash of white on her front paws, and one of her hind legs was bandaged tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z His feet grew numb when he thought of one of those bear’s paws landing squarely on the top of his head, driving him perhaps like a stake through the unpredictable flooring of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She mewed at me again and tried to get a paw up. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He pawed at it, then noticed me watching. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There was a picture of one standing on its hind legs with its paws outstretched, roaring. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was holding half a sandwich in his front paws. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Pax remained frozen, paw still raised, jar still clamped in his jaws, studying the man’s face as the man studied his. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z When I found her, Laika was joyously wriggling on the mat of the carcass, all four of her little paws, dancing, pointed up at the moon and stars. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The Mary Rose is waiting for me with her bad side turned up, like a dog holding up a hurt paw. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It held no healing powers for the mangled paw caught in the cruel trap. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The Vitamin Kid pawed nervously at the ground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I join a second auction happening for a power-up that looks like a round, growling, fuzzy black creature with two large paws. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It ran several feet and then the cat, with one bound, was upon it, batting it hard with one sharp-clawed paw, while with the other paw it held the rat down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Cattle with acidosis stop eating, pant and drool, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But there was no sound, no thump, thump, thump of a paw scratching fleas and hitting the floor underneath. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he placed his front paws on the keyboard and pressed down, creating a discordant chord. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The tom, confident that now he would be fed in the elegant way he was accustomed to, began to knead his paws and his purring grew hoarse with triumph. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A lion’s paw rips up my throat, still I scream I hate everyone!!!! Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Bristle’s swift paw swept out and raked the doomed mouse to her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Instead, the rat let out a gasp and pawed at the blade that jutted through its throat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Blackberry looked up, tugged out his paws and ran back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ready, Frolic?” she called, and the puppy scampered to her from the bushes where he had been pawing at a rodent’s hole. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The Abbot’s eyes followed Methuselah’s paw until he saw the tree in question. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He scratched the bumps on his paws and peered through the shutters, expecting to see several hirsute brutes from the hospital. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He struck until his paws ached and the sword fell from them! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pawed through a pile of yellowed drawers like a dog digging for a bone, throwing the drawers up behind him in an arc. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She obliged me by flopping down in the sun and licking the back of one paw, which was her way of saying, “Fine. Chickens smell, anyway.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He gathered his fingers into paws, drew up his arms and legs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the floor with his paw in a gesture that Matthias interpreted as “Stop here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Radar put his head on his paws and drifted off to sleep. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z He drops his head into his hands, his teeny-tiny hands, like raccoon paws—when did that happen? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Methuselah banged his paw down on the arm of the chair. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He wandered a few feet off and sat down and began to inspect the ground carefully, pawing through the grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Despite his appalling injuries, Shadow managed to lever himself up on one paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He dropped the meat and held out his paws, palm upward, for her to look at. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Matthias seized the frightened Guerrilla Shrew by his paw, pulling him along at a swift run. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Brown, with a white tip on their tails and four white paws,” Nhamo said quickly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His dirty little paw reached in a hole in the mattress where he hid his marbles. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The tiny strong paws held her tightly and she couldn’t escape. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The young mouse was amazed at the weight and strength of Foremole’s paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was about to say No, thanks, when he put a huge paw on my shoulder and steered me deeper into the showroom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The golden-brown eyes looked steadily into his, and then the dog did an unexpected thing: he lifted his right paw and placed it in the man’s hand. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Scat!” so he darted right to my knee, put his broad furry paws on my pants, and looked me in the face. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z All I had to do was to press my front paws on to a tiny wooden platform and hey presto, a spring would stretch and a weight would drop and the door would swing open. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The paw fell heavily, and Pasha’s Favorite continued to snooze. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I cried, falling to my knees and pawing the floor in vain for the lost bottle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Iorek put out a great paw to hold them in, because the basket was jolting so violently. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He stopped and stamped a paw on the floor in frustration. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “Oh, my God! This has all been arranged,” Ignatius screamed, rattling the huge edition in his paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Despereaux Tilling, take your paw from your weapon. Come with me. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Before the dogs were even aware that he had gone he was back again by his tree, cleaning his whiskers with soft rounded paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke almost gaily, but Dandelion could see his dilated eyes and the slight trembling of his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I got free of his pawing, which of course was having some effect on me, and left him, suggesting that he try the public kemmerhouse next door. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Bristle locked the jar between her paws and began lapping greedily, cleaning out the top half in seconds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was dark out there, but you could see the lumpish shapes of the Cowgill boys hanging around the milk wagon, waiting for their paw. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel and the others followed as best they could, with Pipkin limping and staggering behind, his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the hole she dropped and laid her head on her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z My fists mean nothing to him, little rabbit paws thumping harmlessly. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The Abbot wiped his paws upon a clean cloth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Without any preliminaries, he picked up the cat, turned him over on his back, deftly held his head and paws and began the lesson. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He fell to pawing at the pockets of the rusty black dressing sacque she wore. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And “This is Giles,” said Maxim, prodding my arm, and Giles stretched out an enormous paw and wrung my hand, squeezing the fingers limp, genial eyes smiling from behind horn-rimmed glasses. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon pulled free of the monkey’s solicitous paws and stumbled to Lyra’s arms. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I caught her pawing my hair just last week. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the stone up in his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He put his left paw into the mako’s mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Holding her head with both paws, she tried to halt the thumping ache. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He shook his head at Lyddie and held the pawing team for a few moments until the jostling in the carriage finally ceased. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It opened its mouth wide and reared up on its back paws, trying to get away from me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He sniffed, and then lay down and put his head between his paws. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But Rocket seemed to think Finn was playing, too, and batted his paw at Finn instead. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z "Me friend's muddle-headed/' he declared. "His paw's nothing but a rat-catcher. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z His paws, throat, and teeth stopped being sore. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z A vaguely familiar voice rises from the stairwell as I paw at the brick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dusty, who usually was the first thing to whip out the door, simply lifted his head, then rested it once more on his paws. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Still sucking his paw, the small squirrel smiled shyly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z There had been a rhythmic vibration in the ground audible through the paws, so that ears swung and nose wrinkled, but that had stopped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Mormont pawed through them brusquely, giving each no more than a glance and a grunt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Big heads with large fangs, big eyes, monstrous paws. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Tucker clapped his paws and squeaked, “I got it! Eat the rest of it and they’ll never know what happened.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z What wolf waves the rest of the pack forward with its front paw as though it had a wrist? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I shoot my arrow down the throat of the first mutt that places its paws on the metal. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Shiloh’s under the sycamore, head on his paws, just like the day he followed me home in the rain. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked to the tapestry with his paw outstretched. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Abbot Mortimer stood and put a wrinkled old paw lightly on the small head, right between the velvety ears, now drooping with shame. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They shook paws and ventured out on to the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z One of the dogs lay down in the grass and licked its paws. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She swiped at the clinging cat with a tremendous paw; but the cat was too quick for her and with a hiss of fury leaped to the ground and disappeared behind a tree. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The troopers looked, and then one of them slapped Davy Mountain with his big paw. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He clasped his front paws together and looked at his son. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z And then the coyote sat down like a dog and its right rear paw came up to scratch the right shoulder. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he was wet and numb with cold, he lovingly wiped mud and paw prints from his chrome spokes with bits of shredded Kleenex. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “If only I had a silk robe now,” he said, standing up on his hind legs again and resting one paw on a bar. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The animals outside regarded these with great interest and some of them tried to make the babies laugh by thrusting their paws or their tails in through the bars. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He brushed away cobwebs which disintegrated at the touch of a paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then heavy breathing like the howl of the wind rushed toward them, and then a paw the size of a small car emerged from the foggy darkness of the valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Planting his feet wide apart he hefted the great sword in both paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The huge white animal looked frozen on the shoreline, as motionless as the stones under its giant paws. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The boar grunted and pawed the ground, ready to charge. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He fell on the path and sat there panting, slightly dizzy, with Frolic pawing worriedly at his leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He was sitting on it much as we were, his front paws—I kept thinking of them as tiny hands, they were so human-like— dangling before him. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In the morning, he sits stoically as I clean the cuts, but digging the thorn from his paw brings on a round of those kitten mews. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She rolled onto her back and gripped the meat in both paws as she ate it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The bear’s front paws land heavily, shaking the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Constance strode up and down, holding a heavy cudgel in her paws as she urged them on. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Suddenly the tail stopped and his right paw flew out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z George grabbed one of Ignatius’ paws and stuck two dollars in it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper Jutta has written on seems little more than tissue in his gigantic paws. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She imagined Muskrat finally pulling to the very bottom and grasping that bit of earth in its tiny paws. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Puzzled, he looked at me with Petey between his front paws. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I paw at my skirts, like I’m looking for something. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He ignored me and lovingly licked his paw. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z But the horse nuzzled at him with its nose and pawed him gently with a hoof till he had to get up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Leaning it against the wall, he lifted the massive weight of the tractor with one paw and laid it on its side before bending to examine the crumpled runner. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Mouse paid no attention to anything except a mole crab that decided it had lived long enough and tunneled up through the sand directly between her front paws. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He picked up a single noodle and held it in his paws, admiring it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Through the pads of his paws, along his spine, in the sensitive whiskers at his wrists. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Her dæmon, a cat again, was dipping his paw in it, too, but he backed away when Will came near. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Brutus lay in the rubble gingerly licking his bloody paw. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to ignore the toddler pawing at my sneaker. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The squirrel clasps her paws together and eagerly hops from one foot to another. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Nanabozho caught hold of the otter and looked into the otter’s paws and mouth, but didn’t find any dirt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I was under the chupah, I was under a lot of pressure trying to think of surprises for the cat's paw invitations. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z His hooves pawed the water as if ready to charge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The dogs stormed ahead, their paws slipping on the stone floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Whenever it saw Aru looking, it would stop and lick its front paw self-consciously. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A timid paw tapping on the door snapped Cluny from his reverie with a start. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Beside the front door a dog lies in the dust, chin on its paws, and for a moment Werner thinks it is only sleeping. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He mumbled a satisfied grunt, his paws twitching. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The two cubs huddled together, their front paws intertwined, their heads and flanks pressed to each other. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Bristle studied Pax as he pawed the dirt from his cheeks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was reared all the way up on its huge hind legs, shorter forelimbs pawing idly against the wood planks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The gods wrapped the huge chains around Fenrir and shackled his paws. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She stops chattering and puts her front paws on her hips as she studies the closed door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She lays down with her head on her paws and knows to leave me alone when I’m thinking. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Slowly, the dog’s growls ceased — it tottered on its paws and fell to its knees, then it slumped to the ground, fast asleep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z From behind the counter, Hobie called out, “Any of you gentlemen want any coffee, raise your paws.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She hammered her paws loudly against the stones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was easy for him, with his four paws, but Harry, Ron, and Hermione were soon out of breath. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A cat sits in the road licking a paw and smoothing it over its ears and watching him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He rubs at the bandage over his eye with a paw, knocking it off and squinting at me with the injured eye. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Ignatius quickly cleared the desk by brushing the magazine articles and Big Chief tablets smartly to the floor with one sweep of his paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He waved his paws, pleading for the joking to stop, as he rolled about on the floor, exploding from bouts of giggling to fits of laughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z What was not so noticeable, however, was that the trainer stood stone-still until the horse pawed the correct number of times, and then, consciously or not, stirred slightly, which caused Hans to stop. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he grins and rubs his paws together. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I noticed also a pair of little furry front paws resting on the floor. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “And your children have paws, last time I checked.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They collected around the Sphinx’s paws, grew roots and branches, and began wrapping around the monster’s legs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "Ask him to count, he can paw the ground!" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z When the end twitched he pinned it down with a paw. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The badger bowed low in a dignified manner, gesturing with her massive blunt paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “How is de son gointuh be before his paw? Nature is de first of everything. Ever since self was self, nature been keepin’ folks off of red-hot stoves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry,” growled Tock, raising one paw assuringly, “something will turn up. Here, wind me, will you please? I’m beginning to run down.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He allowed one paw to touch the magical red cloth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The beast pawed the sand, glaring at me with beady eyes as it lowered its razor-sharp tusks and waited for the command to kill. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Inch by careful inch, paw by whisker, slowly painstakingly trying to make his body as small as possible, he flattened himself against the wall to get by the huge spadelike head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I had to rest my head on my front paws. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Humbly those wolves and lions with mighty paws fawned on our men—who met their yellow eyes and feared them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ghost laid his head on his paws and went to sleep by the fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Waiting for them, its front paws on the topmost bar, was a very large, shaggy black dog, which was carrying some newspapers in its mouth and looking very familiar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Or he would kill me by clubbing me with one of his great paws, breaking my neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I pawed the ground with my right foot and tossed my head as though I had a mane. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As I looked out, a young coyote came slowly out of the trees, delicately lifting and shaking each paw before gingerly putting it down again in the snow. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z ‘No, no, master!’ wailed Gollum, pawing at him, and seeming in great distress. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He pawed through the photos looking for boys with dark eyes, found one. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Soon there was a soft scrabbling of paws on wood, the latch clicked, and the door opened a fraction, just enough to admit the slight body of the cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z White light from the kitchen stretches into the lounge room, and the Doorman’s paws reach out and lightly scratch me, asking for a pat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When the creatures strained against their leather straps and pawed at the air, their barking made every soul in the quarters want to run to their cabins. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After making sure no spies were watching, Duke would slap his paw on the stump because it had a secret wooden button. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He pawed at a corner, hoping to pry the suitcase open enough for the boy’s weak nose to smell these favored things and be comforted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z In the water, the lost animals paddled their little paws and searched for land, but one by one, they went under. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She became exasperated, and threw herself into a furious attack, jabbing and lashing and thrusting and stabbing, and never once did she get past those paws. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z First, Mama cuts off a man who waves a fist at us, except it’s not a fist but a paw. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Don’t you get it, Call? Wee paws. Wee Paws.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Branch, beside him, was pawing excitedly at a large iridescent beetle, blocking its path again and again with a paw as the beetle tried unsuccessfully to waddle by. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of his advanced years, Methuselah gripped Matthias’s paw and ran so fast that the younger mouse had difficulty in keeping up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The hunters took the lion’s body and cut off the tail, paws, and mane. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at her son, who was beginning to rasp one paw against the other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no chance to make a run for it, surrounded as he was by the cat’s paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Constance’s free paw snapped the herb pouch from the fox’s belt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was so excited, he punched me in the stomach with a mammoth paw as he pulled the rest of his enormous body into the car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then he loped towards me, and stood up, pawing at my dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When Beaver came to, Nanabozho examined his paws and mouth to see if there was any dirt, but he couldn’t find anything. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He was sitting up like a human, his great paws folded in his lap, his dark eyes looking into hers down the length of his muzzle. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They would stretch their big paws through the narrow space between the cold trees and, when the food came near, try to hook it with their claws and draw it close more quickly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t say anything, Bigwig,” whispered Hazel: for Bigwig was scuffing his paws indignantly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Using their paws as though they are surgical instruments, the cats extract from the grilles every feathery particle. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Schwarz's mother put down one paw, lifted another, and began to lick it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Phineas sat behind the table in a heavily carved black walnut chair; the arms ended in two lions’ heads, and the legs ended in paws gripping wheels now sunk in the snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember asking my father for a pet dog when I was young, and now, staring at the ground in front of the dog’s paws, I can’t remember why. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Squirrel cupped his paws and called up, “Are you all right there, Jess?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He licked his paw and smoothed a spike of fur near his ear. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The ferry begins its journey, and Bruno stretches up on his back legs, balancing his paws against the railing. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Mouse followed me, though not in a straight line, and then sat next to my head and licked her paws until something scuttled through the grasses nearby, and she gave chase. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I leaped forward while Beau was still clawing at the ice with his paws. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Then suddenly the little fellow pointed to the east with his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A guard bear pulled back a massive bolt, and the sergeant suddenly swung his paw at Lyra, knocking her head over heels through the doorway. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She was all black except for the patch of white on her face and on each paw. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I learned to back down before he lifted his paw in the air. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Left wheel! I said left wheel, you buffoons. You there, don’t you know the difference between your left and your right? Hold out your left paw.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When a shell lands in the trench we note how the hollow, furious blast is like a blow from the paw of a raging beast of prey. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bieber tucks a bow between his paws, and he nips and tugs on it, and everyone’s just kind of draped over various pieces of furniture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was oddly shaped, but he clutched it in his paws, looking quite pleased. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The soft touch of a gentle paw on his back caused him to look around. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Behind, they could just discern great, powerful paws and a shaggy black body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With a blow of its paw, the cat knocked the rat into the air, and caught it in its mouth. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She shook her head and blinked rapidly as she approached the furrier’s, where a harried-looking woman was pawing through chinchilla furs with one hand while gripping the arm of her young son with the other. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Bending over, she pawed at the well, stroking the wooden frame. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He felt the surface of the wall, and ran his paws up and down it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Sherman took the paw print and moved it toward Walker and Anna, wiggling it as she did. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgie glanced at Nero sitting nearby, licking his paws and scrubbing his face. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z At last they emerged from the ferns, and Matthias, cupping his paws round his mouth, ventured a low halloo up at the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before he could roll away, another crushing paw shoved his face into the dirt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “Old Wormtail has lost a paw. Some of the others are really hurt.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But he was there when I got back, lying in the sun with his head on his paws. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Dismay appeared, jumped his big front paws on us, and barked. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He saw a red fox and a large black cat, with a white collar and paws, who sat conversing together in the middle of the path. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Ignatius pounded a paw into the oilcloth on the kitchen table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she throws her paws up on the knight until he laughs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Bigger advanced a step and the rat emitted a long thin song of defiance, its black beady eyes glittering, its tiny forefeet pawing the air restlessly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In the service bay he dragged out the steel trash drum and tipped it over and pawed out all the quart plastic oil bottles. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Slumping to the floor, he sat with his head between his paws, the picture of dejected innocence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A bedraggled youngish mouse held up a timid paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He glanced at me—I swear he smirked—then settled down to lick his paws. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His hands had turned to paws and his skin was wet fur of the same color as the murky water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The dog still didn’t bark or nothing but his front paws pressed like fists into my ribs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He sniffed around, wrinkling his facile nose at the unfamiliar smell, then reached out a long curved black paw and tapped the white head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Pipkin, who was lying on his left side, breathing quickly and heavily, rolled over and stretched out his front paw, underside turned upward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned away, and he came after me, pawing at my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The ancient mouse placed his paws on his young friend’s shoulders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then one of them began to whine and plead, pawing at Julius’s arm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Sagely it blinked at him, and he dropped it, shocked; it righted itself in midair and, like a real cat, fell on its four paws. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Solemnly the three friends placed their paws one on top of the other. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “No thanks, pal,” said Scruffy, beating the water in front of him with both paws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then his face went serious and he lunged for me, grabbed my neck in his huge right paw and squeezed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He bounces over to me, sits, his front paws in the space between my crisscrossed legs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Mummy bends and wipes their paws with a wet cloth, then absentmindedly swipes the floor where their muddy paw prints were. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The mouse held one small paw up in front of his whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z When he began to wipe his exhaust pipes, he discovered they wiggled, loosened by all those tugging paws. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Tao!” she said softly, and as she gathered him into her arms he wound his black needle-tipped paws lovingly around her neck. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought the Horse was going to rear up and paw and stomp me into the ground, and I guess the other kids did too because they were very quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat had stopped short and was licking one paw with a pretense of nonchalance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And once, I had won so much I stood on the beach in the moonlight skipping silver quarters across the calm water as the little waves pawed the shore. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z They pawed at Maxim, their long, silken ears strained back with affection, their noses questing his hands, and then they left him and came to me, sniffing at my heels, rather uncertain, rather suspicious. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Curving his paws expertly around a warm brown egg, he held it firmly, then cracked it with a neat sideways tap from a long incisor tooth, the contents settling intact on the straw. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The horse made a noise and stopped suddenly, pawing at the ground with its hoof. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah, because you’d be totally fine with me pawing through your phone.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It resembles a piece of dead wood while stationary, though closer examination will reveal finned paws and very sharp teeth. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dressed normally, but he had these huge furry mittens on his hands, like animal paws. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Instinctively he lashed out with his free paw and struck Bull Sparra in the eye. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The mutt had an ice cream wrapper stuck to his back paw like a shoe; his other paws were covered in mud. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The first thing he saw was Gollum — ‘pawing at master,’ as he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Here she paused and licked her paw with one long, deliberate stroke of her thick, pink tongue. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Constance knelt to cradle her old friend’s head, and Matthias gently clasped the wrinkled careworn paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I take in the claw marks from some wild animal, the back paw he holds slightly above the ground, the prominent bones in his face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If I were to be pawed and chewed—and this seemed to me entirely possible, the more I read—it would be by a black bear, Ursus americanus. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The cub pulled the paw back and then swiped the bars of the cage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Once Buckthorn disturbed a snake, and leaped into the air as it whipped between his paws to vanish down a hole at the foot of a birch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Scruffy kicked off his flippers so he could slap the sand with his “bare paws.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I nodded, and he clapped his front paws and laughed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Mobutu’s Kinshasa mansion is surrounded by a park, where some zebras and one pitiful elephant paw at the grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouse paws tugged at the hood until her mouth was freer, and she gulped at the frozen air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Fully stretched on his hind legs, Fig was pawing for attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z His ears flatten and he raises a paw. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Duke hops onto the very long conveyor belt's rollers and slides downhill on his paws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Doubletree Mutt went yelping away to nurse a bruised paw. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z When his brother did these things, he would knock him down with his paw and lie on him to stop him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He bent and picked Edward up and held him by his front paws, considering him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The nails from one of the bear-fighting dog’s front paws had disappeared into the front of my shirt and my blood was starting to leak out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Now I have to clean the paint off his paws, not to mention paint over the paw prints. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The bridge wobbled and swayed under the Midfolk’s rushing feet and paws. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Ziggy sniffs it a whole lot, paws at the ground a bit, and turns around in a few circles. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Now all we have to do is climb out,” said Tock, placing his front paws as high on the wall as he could. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Basil bowed to Mrs. Vole and offered her his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Once again I’d like to face a mountain breeze and smell the wonderful scent of the redbuds, the pa paws, and the dogwoods. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Chestnutt looked embarrassed, but she stood on her hind paws and held up a note. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z This one should have been pawing at its mother for milk. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z After a cursory glance she threw up her paws in mock despair. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Kicking the rat over on his back, she flung the broken blade away and grabbed the rodent’s tail tightly with both paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As soon as the animal has laid a paw in your territory, or even made a determined advance into the neutral territory,you have achieved your goal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He turned his head to find the Spirit Bear standing barely twenty feet away, staring at him, one paw forward as if frozen in midstride. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As long as Buttercup feels he has the chance of catching the elusive light under his paws, he’s bristling with aggression. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The only doors that defeated him were those with porcelain handles, for he found it impossible to get a purchase on the shiny surface with his long monkeylike paws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It sat up with a nut between its paws, nibbling busily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept me out of the room, putting his big paws on my shoulders and forcibly walking me backward out to the hallway. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He tore at them with his paws; he scratched at the sites until they bled; he rubbed his head and cheek along the ground and against the trunk of a tree. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z At length, though, the stand-in grew impatient and began shifting his weight from paw to paw. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z On the one paw, the idea of pretending to be Duke, the most courageous dog on television, terrified him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When he was far enough away, he lay down in the sand and dropped his head on his paws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I once asked Ms. Tomoko, our waitress, why it waved, and she explained that Maneki-neko means “beckoning cat,” and waving the left paw means it’s inviting customers into the restaurant. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Across the lake he raced, his paws kicking up sprays of snow behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He ventures forward, one paw on the string, then the other. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The eight toes of Cinnamon’s front paws splayed apart. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z By the door lay another dog, nose on paws, brown eyes open and watchful in contrast to the peacefulness radiated by the other occupants of the room. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So might a trapped fox feel anger at the paw which held him to the trap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Old Dan reared up, placed his front paws on the trunk, and started bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The cat’s free paws were stiffened, ready to grab anything to restore balance, its mouth wide, its eyes blue streaks of horror. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Shilling went with her, prowling on silent paws. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t be ridiculous. You’re not suggesting attacking a bird that size, with a beak as thick as my front paw?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When Maniac slipped silently from the house at dawn — the only way he’d ever manage to get away — March pounced with cold and nasty paws. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She pawed at the ground, her trembling hands clutching only air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A feeble gray paw emerged from the pile behind them, struggling to evade their grasp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z P. T. was on him immediately, muddy paws all over the beige raincoat, and pink tongue sandpapering Jesse’s wet face. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z In the gloomy hideout his paw reached out and felt something. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Cornflower rapped his paw with a wooden ladle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She nuzzled my arm and then curled up, occasionally reaching out a paw and touching my chest to let me know she was there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z His head, his chest, his paws—so big! so big! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Their mate, a male with a magnificent mane, reclined atop Lord lywin's greathelm, one paw raking the air as he roared. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His eyes brimmed with trustfulness, and he lifted his near fore in a gesture of pawing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But various paw injuries hinted at matrimonial strife. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She was dry-eyed and pale, her paws tightly clenched. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z What if her girlfriends pawed through her threadbare socks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and frayed hair ribbons, casting them aside and choosing none? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was lying all sprawled out in the sunshine with all four paws bandaged and sticking straight up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ignatius leaped up and beat at the bird with his itching paws. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z While I pawed the stuff out of my eyes, the blankets shifted and I felt her run to the end of the bed and leap off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He hissed and clawed the air with a paw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But all around the circle of protection that Taisin had woven were long paw prints in the rain-dampened ground, where the wolves had paced. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He darted up and down, thrusting out his paw as if he held a sword in it, stabbing away at thin air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Richard Parker had been a zoo animal as long as he could remember, and he was used to sustenance coming to him without his lifting a paw. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The mouse recognized him and sat up, washing his face with his front paws and chattering effusively. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I rather doubt that,” the dog muttered, but he lifted his head from his paws to see what it was anyway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z While the dog whined, pawing uselessly at the fence, she stood rigid, staring at the toad, wiping her hand again and again on the skirt of her dress. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows he's like a dog, a big, shaggy, dog with muddy, wet paws. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Abbot Mortimer rose and solemnly spread his paws wide, encompassing the festive board. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z A soft negative movement, left to right, and then her paw pushing something positive, like the small red ball she loved so much, across the table to me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He danced on his front paws on the porch, his mismatched eyes smiling up at me, his tongue hanging out happy. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He pawed the door and scratched at the frame, still whimpering like mad. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Whereupon, he stuck his paw under the chair cushion and brought out with a flourish an assortment of strange white objects. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Big heads with large fangs, big eyes, monstrous paws. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, him,” said Tucker, chucking the cat under the chin with his right front paw, “he’s my best friend. Come out from the matchbox.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z But now he remembered that it was good to chase something that rolled along the ground, to catch it and leap with it, knocking it into the air and batting it with his paws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z He scratched the sheets with his paws like he wanted to bury it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Buckthorn drew his head and paws out of the hole and rubbed the mud off his face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At her order, I fetched the vacuum cleaner for her and she ran it underneath the window to make certain she got the tiniest shards, this so the cats wouldn’t get them in their paws. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Her furry paws move when she tells them to. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Rocket waved his paws, struggling to be put down. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Fyrian sighed, clutching his front paws to his heart and nearly fainting dead away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hans would slowly paw the ground the appropriate number of times and then stop, much to the amazement of onlookers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He batted a paw at a yellow butterfly. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Music swells and droplets of sweat rain down onto the keyboard as he sits at his laptop, frantically pawing for answers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I reached up and felt it with my paw. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The clerks occasionally told somebody to buy or get out, not to just look and look and look and paw and paw. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam had changed before his very eyes into an orc again, leering and pawing at his treasure, a foul little creature with greedy eyes and slobbering mouth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Ray races over to him, places muddy paws on George’s chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He went to the left, his paws gouging the wet sand, but changed his mind and spun around. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He covered his eyes with one paw Roscuro, however, stared directly into the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The bear was skin and bones, like a lumpy white rug, lying on green grass with one paw lifted up in a kind of salute. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The cattle backed into the far left corner of the barrier; their eyes were wide and frightened, and some were pawing the mud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He hurried back to his companions, but he said nothing: the bones were best left in peace and not pawed and routed by Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The man looks down his nose at me, and his horse snorts and paws at the ground. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The old mouse sat tapping his paw upon the record book. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z With a scream of pain, he reared up on his hind legs and started pawing the air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A high leap, and then he tucked his paws over his nose to dive just as Bristle had. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh, they’ll find him a job. Tattoo it on his paw every morning,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This seems to jolt Haymitch out of his stupor, and he paws through the box in disbelief. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Ralph shook his paws in a last desperate attempt to Ember them. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Perched on a tree limb is an animal with the face of a fox and the paws of a bear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Drawing his dagger, Matthias hastily cut the bindings from the paws of the Voles, issuing orders as he worked. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Upstairs, in her room, there was a squirrel who could lift a vacuum cleaner over his head with one paw. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Constance pounded upon the table with a heavy paw, emphasizing each word. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He heard their excited argument, and then, an intentional poseur, he shook each paw daintily in turn, stepped delicately down from the rocks, and vanished from the men’s sight. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept trying to put his near-side front paw to the ground and then drawing it up again, hopping on three legs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z TeeTee squealed to Taylor, clenching her fingers into a bear paw to check her nails. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Taking the pigtail in one of his paw's, he pressed it warmly to his wet moustache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As he wiped his paws over his whiskers, he suddenly had a most unhappy thought. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, bless their little paws! Don’t they look peaceful?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I took hold of one of the beakers, leaned over, lowered the lid just as much as I needed to and tremulously dipped the beaker into Parker’s Pond, four feet from his back paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Bob, who accidentally walked on one of my paintings, is licking his red paws. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z "Let's start with them paws," she said, reaching out for Gregory's right hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later Marcus was pawing me under the bleachers while I kept a lookout for spiders and tried not to feel like a dirty cliché. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His voice had lowered and he’d begun to grow into his hands and fingers and feet, which for the past few years had been too large for him, like a puppy’s paws. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Cats, who so meticulously groom their coats and lick their paws, seemed to be most affected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His paws broke through in places, and he had to jump and bound to keep moving. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Beau scampered around, happy with snow under his paws and a ham and cheese sandwich in his belly. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Matthias’s chair clattered on its side as he sprang forward, breaking free from the restraining paws of the Abbot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He purred and he cooed and he cleaned his paws. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I took hold of the little bottle and using both my front paws, I found I was able to unscrew the cap quite easily. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z With the shrew on one paw and the sword in the other, Matthias looked wildly about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z "Happy the Horse who knows that while he is still young. Or the Human either. Draw near, Aravis my daughter. See! My paws are velveted. You will not be torn this time." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She stretched her paws out in front of her, yawned, and silently jumped up onto the sofa. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Fig sprung onto his paws, his gaze never wavering from his target. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then she sprang into the air and jacked straight down, paws over her nose, and emerged with a mouse in her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As their friend the Lion, dancing past, bent down to take the wing of a Brazilian Pheasant in his paw, Jane shyly tried to put her feelings into words. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I tried not to grit my teeth as Brer Rabbit hopped forward and placed a paw on my shoulder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The only advice the veterinarian could give his clients was not to let the animals out unnecessarily, or to wash the paws promptly if they did so. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Lying on my back, I could see him between my feet, scrambling on the ice with his front paws. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And almost immediately the ground beat with the light staccato of paws tearing toward them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She sprang high and then, paws tight over her black nose, dived into the grass with a flash of white-tipped tail. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The girl who was to play Annie stood center stage, clapped her hands upon her thighs, and Arnold leaped across the stage, placed his paws upon Annie's shoulders, and caused her to lean backward. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z A “cast” of stones on the ground is covered by the player’s front paw. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. O’Leary had rolled on her back and covered her ears with her paws. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Both rabbits together made a curious, dancing movement of the head and front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Saving the cub was the right thing—all Neel had to do was remember the cub’s markings, small paws, and shining whiskers. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Where before there had been silence, now he heard: wind in the trees, Hodor’s breathing, the elk pawing at the ground in search of fodder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Below, Jess Squirrel clamped a paw across her mouth in horror. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Pax raised a paw, ready to dart in whatever direction seemed safest. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The horse pawed the ground and the knight turned his helmeted head to look down at Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Cats’ ears and tails may twitch as they sleep, and sleeping dogs may whine and growl and paw the air, as if they were having a fight. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish Mango were here with me, his dirty paws leaving little tracks on the white carpet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Brer tapped his foot impatiently, until finally he flapped his paws and cut me off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The tiny creature continued sucking its paw, shifting from foot to foot, its bushy tail curled up over the small back, higher than the tips of its ears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Tiny runs up to us and puts a paw on each of our shoulders and lets forth a yawp of joy. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Wrapping him in his cloak, they lowered Adaon into the earth and laid the turf gently over him, while Lluagor whinnied plaintively and pawed the dry ground. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Amaroq glanced at his paw and slowly turned his head her way without lifting his eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was awake, lying on his side, watching Sister’s paw twitch as she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The teeth Marks are pink, His arms brown, And his roar red as a lion’s With a paw swiping at air. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She can hold him in her arms, letting his back paws struggle for footing on her breast and his forepaws cling to her shoulder. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z John Henry and Ayanna were arguing with Brer, who had both paws crossed over his chest and a determined look on his face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She tapped a paw on a section of the drawing where it looked like a series of trails went up the mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z When he was about six inches away, he stuck out his paw, closed his eyes and batted at the object tentatively. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes; rings widened across the pool to the other side and came back again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sphinx pounced right where she’d been standing, but came up with empty paws. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I touch the lion’s paw again today, as I do every time. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He chuckled and chattered, cracking his long fingers, and pawing at Frodo’s knees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z They could just glimpse the dog asleep inside—a large, smooth-haired, black dog, with head on paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave it a gentle push with one paw “Red thread. Yes. Exactly Just when you think that life in the dungeon cannot get any better, a mouse arrives.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z She held out one paw and studied her painted nails. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He gets right up into Frank’s face, front paws lifted off the ground and crawling into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He stood on a stool, dipping his paw into a bowl of milk and honey, sucking it with noisy enjoyment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He leaned forward, his paw and left ear both pointing at me accusingly. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A skinny rabbit, tall and gray, stood upright like a person, using his paws as hands to hold a carrot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As she reached the kennel the cat looked up and spat at her, keeping one paw pressed down on the rabbit’s neck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brother ignored her for a moment but then, as if he had been judging the limits of his sister’s patience, he loped over and dropped the toy at her paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was a beautiful thing, and her huge paws hinted that she might someday grow large—and swift. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He sniffed again and then put a paw up to the wall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Purr laid himself down, tucked his front paws under the white spot on his chest, and looked at her with his gooseberry eyes. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran his paw lovingly over the dashboard of his very own car. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The cat still paused by the gate, one paw lifted delicately in the air—undecided, questioning, hesitant; until suddenly, some inner decision reached, he followed the dogs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He held out a hand and gripped Speedy’s metal paw. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z With their little front paws locked around each other, they were growling, rolling, and chewing on one another. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She patted it gently with her unarmed paw and the mouse squirmed horribly away dragging its paralyzed hind legs behind it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She crouches down in the soft pine needles and Shiloh starts leaping up on her with his front paws, licking at her face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Methuselah touched a paw to his nose knowingly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His wings always worked, just like his eyes always worked and his paws always worked, and he was always able to walk or crawl or peel the skin off ripe guja fruits and climb trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I have a granola bar in here somewhere,” Byrd says, pawing through her pockets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He pawed up the hay until it partly covered her. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The next thing I knew I was flat on the ground with a huge paw on my chest and an oversize Brillo-pad tongue licking my face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He reaches out a paw and bats at the string on my sweatshirt. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But then he heard the soft pad of paws and the sounds of sucking and—he could hardly believe it—felt a rough little tongue licking the milk off his knuckles. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the serpent would lie totally inert awaiting the unsuspecting paw that trod too close. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Little Ann, not to be outdone, reared up and placed her small front paws on the smooth white bark. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The fangs, the paw mufflers—these had been nothing compared to what had been done to him now. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Dad and Leo are pawing through a mound of paper on the breakfast table, the contents of three or four fat folders from the cabinet above the wall oven. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The rat was actually in midair when a huge blunt paw knocked him flat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I heard a chain sing from getting pulled taut and the bear-fighting dog’s paws hit me square in the side so strong that the last two chunking stones flewed out of my hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Wearily he swayed on his feet and, putting out a paw to steady himself, he touched the wall—the exact patch of stone over which Martin’s likeness had once hung. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She was a short woman, with small hands like paws, her frosty pink fingernails painted to match her lips, and was slightly plump in her figure. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z No pawing, no heavy breathing, none of that; it would have been out of place, somehow, for him as well as for me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray’s up on his hind legs, one brown paw on each of George’s shoulders, placing stinky dog-breath licks onto George’s white beard. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He extended a paw so that his mother could examine the rash. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear lay like a pair of crossed paws on his chest. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a hellhound—a black mastiff with its front paws up on the buffet line and its muzzle buried in the scrambled eggs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The poor baboon swelled up until his paws stuck straight out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Another brave otter stuck out her paw and flipped the hand over. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Holding his paw across his eyebrows, he stared into space, trying to follow the path of the reflected moonlight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Because it’s worthless. Look,” he said, and, lifting the engine cover with one paw, he extended a claw on the other hand and ripped right through it like a can opener. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z As if finishing its attack, the Spirit Bear placed its huge paws on Cole’s chest and gave a single hard shove. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z His eyes widened when he spied Pax, and he scrambled to his paws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It had horns thick as arms, tapering to wicked points, and it pawed at the ground and tossed its head, a roar rumbling up its metal throat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Gray laid his cheek on his paws, and before Pax had even finished cleaning his wound again, he was asleep. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z His paws stretch out on the crusty old carpet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Then with his paws, he began to hit the steak. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his paw, and this time the cricket made a quick getaway. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The other one’s head and two little paws were sticking out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All I could see now were her small red paws and her nose and eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Sits right in the middle of it, head on his paws. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway across she saw a dark head rise above the hill, and a beast with a head as large as the moon rose to its hind feet, massive paws swinging. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke up once in the middle of the night, and Buckminster’s paws were on my eyelids. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dozer shot out his front paws and dug into the ground beneath the foamy water. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He turned his sharp head from side to side and pawed the ground nervously. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z All their bellering and snorting and dust pawing sounded like a threat to him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z His paws leave dark smudges on my sweatshirt. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z His left hind paw was twisted to one side like Tazviona’s foot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The hare puffed out his narrow chest and stood with paw on heart, his eyes closed and ears standing straight up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pounded a great paw into the mattress. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Queenie raises her head, sees that it’s me, and sets it back on her paws. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The rat puts one paw on his hip and looks like he’s ready to tell Trub a long story, until he sees me—or rather, the uneaten food in my hands. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Willing paws dragged the otter’s burden up on to the bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But it couldn't have been a dream for there in the grass before him he saw the deep, large print of the Lion's front right paw. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z He stood on his back legs and reached for it with his front paws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In his stone paws, he held a stone acorn that he would never get to consume. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z His great paws sank even deeper into the mud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The baby squirrel continued sucking on its paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z His paw was warm and soft and wet, big as a lion’s, with fingers the size of baby carrots. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bravely he held up a frail paw at the oncoming fox. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Zed stuck his hand out and I forced myself to shake his grubby paw. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The rat suddenly leaped for her shoe and scrabbled its paws on her leg as it squealed with rage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sure he just pawed you some,” Dad said as we pulled out of the parking lot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not the paws of a leopard walking upright, turned against men by irreverence. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The community of mice shifted their tails and paws and whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Chiron had bandaged her paw, but she was still limping. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Next the beast knocked over a jar of apple butter, but the skin lid was tied on tightly, and, flail away at it as he might with his awkward paw, he could not dislodge it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But when they reached the lowest point, and their hands were busy with bow and arrow, they were vulnerable, and the bears would explode upward with raking paws to drag them down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z His paws were shaking and his muscles were jumping and the place where his tail should be was throbbing. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z I kept my face neutral as I took wrinkled paws as well as brown hands like mine and lifted the Midfolk off the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Gritting his teeth, he began pulling himself up, paw over paw, not being able to reach the wall for help as the rope was held outwards by the projecting gutter dangling him out in space. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Beneath his paw there was writing carved into the dust-covered wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Their paws scrambled, their mouths hissed, their yellow teeth clicked, but Mrs. Sidman didn’t care. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He waited until the cat's front paws were on the small branch just below him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a magazine stand beside the wood stove, and he pawed through the magazines there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the sort of thing she might have felt for a dog that had torn its paw, or a cat that had been gashed in a fight. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The round, scalloped ends of the tassels reminded Aru of cat paws. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z With a clatter of hooves and paws and claws, the celestial mounts shot straight into the sky, carrying Aru and Mini with them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And when he stepped out of the saucer, his paws were damp and his whiskers were dripping and his stomach was full. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then he would spread his front paws, lock his shoulder joints, and let the bulging neck muscles fly from left to right. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the mice pulled away from Despereaux in disgust, and others, thrill seekers, reached out to touch him with a whisker or a paw “The princess put a finger on him. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The paws closed over the ears so that he would not have to listen to more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She kissed Mr. Squirrel, patted her son Silent Sam upon the head, then shook paws with Constance, Matthias and Methuselah. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon became a mouse to get closer to it, and rested his tiny paws on the edge, his button eyes bright black with curiosity as he watched the needle swing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Goblin, tied to the head of the wharf, was pawing, turning toward him and nickering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He beat his paws against the stones of the Abbey, a tear of frustration gleaming in his eye. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The young mouse stood with his paws folded, an expression of disgust upon his features. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The big red wolf I’d saved stood up from a thick bed of leaves, pawed the ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The Abbot folded his paws within his wide sleeves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z So when the kids started hassling Grandpa Kenneth, all he could do was bark or shake his head or wag his paw, which almost never worked. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Ignatius shoved two paws into the man’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My father's pictures were still in perfect condition despite being under those little paws. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When I kneel down in front of him, he jumps up and puts his paws on my shoulders. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z We don’t show off like other couples on campus, always pawing at each other or exchanging hungry looks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He pawed at the stinky corpse a few times and then gave up. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When the dog saw I was laughing at him, he wet on the rail, scratched with his back paws in the dirt, and dashed off, trying to get me to play chase. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It swiped at him with one paw, tearing open his shoulder and breaking his ribs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, with a flick of her paw, Nettle sent Brightbill tumbling over the ground, over and over, until he flopped onto his back and stared up at the sky, stunned. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I got my first real look at their maw and paw. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Boots scratched at the floor with his muffled front paws, as instinct directed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Sargon raised his paw and cuffed Mr. Georgiou lightly, like he was playing with a mouse, knocking the poor guy out cold. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The white horse pawed the ground for me to go. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He lost his grip and leaned outwards, teetering and waving his paws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Riot stretches his legs, pushing his paws against my chest, before jumping off the edge of my bed and rubbing himself against my bedroom door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tentatively, Koffi's fingers grazed her head, her back, and one of her cut-up paws. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When El-ahrairah spoke, he put his head on the ground between his front paws and whined for joy. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the following days he spent much time tending his four paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Constance hugged him, patted his back and shook him by the paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He pawed through it, took out a soft roll and stuffed half of it in his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She was only a few months old, and still had her puppy-soft fur and clumsy paws. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He stopped just inches from me and folded his paws across his front. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z There was nothing but determination and the strength in his paws to stop him from plunging down to a frightening death. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The dog props its paws up on my knees and licks my chin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The cat dropped the rat between its two front paws. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It was pawing the ground nervously with its golden hooves and throwing back its horned head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With water sloshing over his back, he forced a paw between the logs and pried the top one loose. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And as the male lion finished, he lifted his paw, to reveal a flattened line of red thread. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The rabbit hops up to him and paws at his feathers and touches his pink nose to Quetzalcoatl’s face. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But I saw nothing but the crossed paws of the old tomcat, napping just inside the door. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Matthias’s paws quivered with the strain of hauling up his own body weight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As he spoke, Botticelli swung, from the one extraordinarily long nail of his right front paw, a heart-shaped locket. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He waved a paw at a block of ice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He began to bark again, and reached out a long paw. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not even distracted by Silent Sam who sat upon his knee, stroking his whiskers with a sticky paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Before Hazel could spring back from the mouth of the hole, the mouse had dashed between his front paws and was pressed to the ground between his back legs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog was suddenly airborne, held aloft, paws sticking out. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z They were not squirrels, nor the cubs of men, they could not wriggle up the trunks of trees, clinging with soft pink paws and clumsy feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Harry looked at Tucker again and began tapping one of his paws. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a relief to be free of the animal, but it seemed to have taken my spirit with it, and everything else it could lay its paws on. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The stallion was screaming and pawing the ground, shaking his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I give her another Twizzler even though she hasn’t eaten the 1st, and Pi puts a paw on my thigh. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He curled up on the concrete with his head pillowed on his paws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to tell me that you have been permitting some old man to paw all over you?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He squinched up, giggling, as she pawed at his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He put his front paws on top of my sneaker and nosed into the laces. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I smile, remembering Ryder hopping on his hind legs, his front paws clawing the air, and Leo, hands on hips, nodding, encouraging me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z In the darkness between stations, I catalog the trip—lion’s paw, new books, time in the comfy chair. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z After a time Strawberry stopped digging and began moving about between the roots, sniffing, biting and scuffling in the soil with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned against the wall, rubbing a paw across his brow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Always poking their noses where they shouldn’t be. Grabbing things with those little paws of theirs.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z |
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