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Meanings of sharp nails in English

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Usage of sharp nails in English
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The girl had long sharp nails, and the look of a tiger.
House of Bathory
2
Blood emerged from the grazes sharp nails left around his Adam's apple.
The Reality Dysfunction
3
The sharp nails penetrated into His hands and feet, and again there was blood.
The Theology of Holiness
4
The soles should not be too thick, and should be studded with sharp nails.
Ismailia
5
She had been digging her sharp nails into her palms.
The Good Soldier
6
Thirty hazel sticks had been whittled and dried, tipped with sharp nails, carefully nocked.
Brave New World
7
Then the door creaked like sharp nails grating on metal.
Petals from the sky
8
The sharp nails of Felurian's left hand dug hard into the muscle of my shoulder.
The Wise Man’s Fear
9
Harry saw the sharp nails like hooks, and watched them go back into their sheaths.
Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
10
He gently turned the paw over, and saw the sharp nails drawn in under the fur.
Chambers's Elementary Science Readers / Book I
11
And within the hollow place there was an ill-looking witch, with long teeth and sharp nails.
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
12
The feet are furnished with four terrible toes, which have long and sharp nails, called talons.
The New McGuffey Fourth Reader
13
Handling sharp nails is hard on the hands.
The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ...
14
She bit and tore at my wrists, and scratched my face with her long sharp nails.
Five Nights: A Novel
15
Out shot one little hand and the sharp nails dug vicious, cruel scratches down Ethel's cheek.
The Lilac Lady
16
Then big lion claw come in, sharp nails.
The Mammoth Hunters
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common