Sentence examples for as claw from inspiring English sources

Hamon, a former army medic who served in Northern Ireland and Germany, has the genetic disorder Dupuytren's contracture, commonly known as claw hand.

Doof Warrior and his drummers motivate baddie leader Immortan Joe and his army of chrome-loving war boys with a live set of songs such as Claw Trucks, Spikey Cars and The Chase (actually written by Junkie XL), that wouldn't sound out of place at Sonisphere – playing faster and faster riffs as the chase intensifies, slowing down to a slow chug in the occasional moments when they come to a stop.

"Male performance traits, such as claw strength and pull-resisting force, are really the key to success in male combat, so much so that the males will pretend to be good performers even if they are not," says lead author Simon Lailvaux, an evolutionary ecologist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Duplication and diversification lead to the subfamily known as claw, which provided additional building blocks for the evolution of archosaurian appendages; i. e., claws, beaks, spurs, etc [ 17- 19].

These data suggest that not only do the scale epidermal cells express scale β-keratin genes but they also express β-keratin genes from other subfamilies such as claw.

Both claw and hammer toes involve hyperextension of the metatarsal-phalangeal (MTP) joint as the most important structural abnormality and will be referred to as "claw toes" in this article.

In other respects, the building's age translates into charm, thanks to such surviving accents as claw-foot tubs and tin ceilings.

I wiggled and used my hands as claws to dig as much as I could.

Gergiev tells them with his eyes, chin, gut, elbows, and hands, which appear, alternately, as claws and as palms flattened and fluttering like leaves.

The tips of the digits are usually protected by keratinous structures, such as claws, nails, or hoofs, which may also be used for defense or manipulation.

He sees his city as clawing its way back from a half century of postindustrial blight, with $550 million invested in or committed to Paterson since 1998.