Sentence examples for talons from inspiring English sources

The story is over, I won't see the scarred wraith of Celebrimbor again, I won't have to face Sauron's murderous henchman, Black Hand, or his talons.

I spoke to Avery the day after he had travelled to Margate to admire Jeremy Deller's painting of an enormous hen harrier grabbing a Range Rover in its talons, which Avery saw as a powerful statement about class-based power still defining what lived and died in the British countryside.

Taking great scoops of air with each flap, it stretches yellow talons to pluck a fish from the water.

But by Indian standards, I have talons and a hooked beak.

But old cold-war hawks are finding that their beaks and talons, once dismissed as anachronistic, are back in fashion.

But the vultures are out there already sharpening their talons for the day when that happens.

FEW readers of The Economist, one would imagine, have seen a one-eyed dwarf with bat-like wings, pointed ears and sharpened talons.

The brave Arabs then grabbed the nests, from under the talons of their previous owners.Not everyone was fooled.

But unlike real talons, mere words will not leave a lasting mark.

However, Israel must contend not only with bitter enemies, but with a media ever ready with its carping criticisms.Richard WilkinsSyracuse, New YorkThe talons tightenSIR – Regarding your leader on Dmitry Medvedev's ascendancy to the Russian presidency ("Russia's uneasy handover", March 1st).

"The nail that sticks up gets hammered down" is a common Japanese refrain; "the hawk with talent hides his talons" is another.