Sentence examples for show its claws from inspiring English sources

The symbol of the British lion embodied a benign power which could nevertheless show its claws when necessary.

A startup has caused Twitter to show its claws.

"Now the old N.D.P. is showing its claws again".

PH Fantastic Mr Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009), 11.25am, Channel 4 Roald Dahl always brought a bracing air of cruel realism to his children's tales, and Anderson's weird and funny adaptation often shows its claws.

Mr Sechin (pictured, right) was trying to soften Rosneft's image as it prepared to take over TNK-BP, a joint venture between BP, a British oil firm, and a group of Russian oligarchs.Six months on, the teddy bear has shown its claws.

Scarlets' ambition created two overlaps for Robinson to finish off but in-between, replacement Leicester scrum-half Harrison - on for Ben Youngs who had revelled in the front foot game he was allowed to play - scored a sixth try for a Tigers side that is once again showing its claws.

While Rae Smith's pop-up pantomime style designs are pretty, the glittery greetings card aesthetic reflects a show which unlike the best fairy tales never shows its teeth and claws or any sign of subversive wit.

Are you kidding me?" Then I calm down and remember another shtick item: Chekhov's line, in "Gooseberries," where he says that every happy man should have an unhappy man in his closet, to remind him, with his constant tapping, that not everyone is happy, and that, someday, life will show him its claws.