Sample Sentences for
talon
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    Wings flap next to my ear, and the crow's talons dig into my shoulder.  (source)
    talons = sharp hooked claws
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    The eagle came back, seized him in his talons by the back of his coat, and swooped off.  (source)
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    Even with my makeshift armguard, her sharp talons dug into my skin.  (source)
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    A bird-creature swung in low, huge wings flapping, talons extended.  (source)
    talons = sharp hooked claws
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    The plane was one of three MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft used in Operation Eagle Claw.†  (source)
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    One end of the great barn was piled high with new hay and over the pile hung the four-taloned Jackson fork suspended from its pulley.†  (source)
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    Blood to the tearing, the talon'd, the beaked one.†  (source)
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    Snarling like a wild animal, she grabbed a football-playing sheep, lifted it, and in one practiced motion slashed its throat with her abnormally strong, talonlike fingernails, burying her face in the animal's bleeding throat.†  (source)
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    It checked itself at the last minute, only its talons breaking the surface of the waves, just for an instant.  (source)
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    I showed him the talon marks on the dresser and a feather that had landed on the floor.†  (source)
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    He raised up the taloned paw and pointed at me.†  (source)
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    It struck the surface with its talons and rose back into the sky, carrying a large struggling fish.  (source)
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    But as he flew home his long talon pierced the leaves and the rain fell as it had never fallen before.†  (source)
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