What does clawing mean?
Definitions for clawing
claw·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word clawing.
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Clawing
of Claw
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clawing in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clawing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of clawing in a Sentence
This was a disingenuous effort to shed the dignity of LGBT employees at the U.N., while clawing at the authority of the secretary general, those who sided with Russia should be ashamed of such a craven vote.
I went for a swim, got caught in a rip, decided the rip was going to take me and finished up on the rocks, in clawing my way over the rocks, the ring pulled off my finger.
She was biting, kicking and clawing, and my client was the one with open wounds.
We’re always looking for the edge, anything we can get, fighting, scratching, clawing until the end, that’s what we’re going to keep doing until they say we ca n’t play anymore.
Officers were running around flagging down trucks, trying to see if anyone in the area had a shovel, we were using (EMTs') back braces to try to remove snow. People were clawing at it. Eventually, between good Samaritans, truck drivers coming by with shovels in their beds, we were able to get a decent amount of shovels.
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