Talons Sentence Examples

They have sharp talons (claws) with which they catch their prey.

They had fierce eyes and sharp talons and beaks, and the children hoped none of them would venture into the cavern.

The first, their eldest brother, has lion's paws and eagle's talons.

They are a large bird with a white underside and large talons, living solely on fish.

A popular format has the eagle swooping down, wings spread and talons stretched, ready to grasp its prey.

The demon's hand pierced Memon's, and olive skin gave way to black talons.

Memon slashed Rissa's arm with his demon's talons, and the demon within her rippled her body as it moved to avoid the madman.

New Zealand has also yielded many flightless birds, notably the numerous species and genera of Dinornithidae, some of which survived into the 19th century; Pseudapteryx allied to the Kiwi; Cnemiornis, a big, flightless goose; Aptornis and Notornis, flightless rails; and Harpagornis, a truly gigantic bird of prey with tremendous wings and talons.

A cursory inspection of the bird, which is not unfrequently brought alive to Europe, its size, and its enormous bill and talons, at once suggest the vast powers of destruction imputed to it, and are enough to account for the stories told of its ravages on mammals - sloths, fawns, peccaries and spidermonkeys.

The middle toe is greatly elongated, and the hinder one but slightly developed, while the talons of all the toes are comparatively straight and blunt, and are thus of little use as organs of prehension.

He rides on the Garuda, half man and half bird, having the head, wings, beak and talons of an eagle, and human body and limbs, its face being white, its wings red and its body golden.

Rhyn.s pterodactyl shape hovered over the demons at the edge of the forest, one of the creatures dangling in his talons.

The petite woman started to run, ignoring the demons that swiped at her with talons large enough to take off her head with one swipe.  She seemed immune to the demons' strikes.  They fell away, as if hitting an invisible shield.  The bizarre display drew more than Katie and Toby's attention.  A ripple went through the demons, and they turned to watch the tiny woman sprinting towards them with flashing blue eyes.

To do this raptors have very strong legs and powerful feet with very sharp curved talons.

But 7E, very sensibly, remained on her perch, ducking as 08's outstretched talons whistled past again and again.

Within moments, the gloom which surrounded everyone was filled with scaly wings, clawing talons, biting fangs, and foul stenches.

The biggest fake one, with the long red talons, is Lea!

The Sparrow Hawk flew dispassionately to nearby cover, grasping its tiny victim in powerful talons.

Posted in Diary, Writing on May 1st, 2005 by Graham Sleep releases me from it's clammy talons.

Those eagle talons make the blood of the enemy run from the bright mountain.

You must continue the treatment with a hand already wielding five giant talons.

New Zealand has also yielded many flightless birds, notably the numerous species and genera of Dinornithidae, some of which survived into the 19th century (see M0A); Pseudapteryx allied to the Kiwi; Cnemiornis, a big, flightless goose; Aptornis and Notornis, flightless rails; and Harpagornis, a truly gigantic bird of prey with tremendous wings and talons.

In later times their number was increased (Celaeno being a frequent addition and their leader in Virgil), and they were described as hateful and repulsive creatures, birds with the faces of old women, the ears of bears, crooked talons and hanging breasts; even in Aeschylus (Eumenides, 50) they appear as ugly and misshapen monsters.

The phœbe had already come once more and looked in at my door and window, to see if my house was cavern-like enough for her, sustaining herself on humming wings with clinched talons, as if she held by the air, while she surveyed the premises.

The biggest fake one, with the long red talons, is Lea !

Posted in Diary, Writing on May 1st, 2005 by Graham Sleep releases me from it 's clammy talons.

These birds catch their prey by swooping down and grasping fish or small animals in their talons.

The flag appears as a background, grasped in the eagle's talons, or wrapped around the bird like a cape.

The Ully-demon launched towards him.  The tree snatched Toby and lifted him to safety, and Toby dangled far enough over Ully's head that the demon couldn't reach him.  As he watched, the Ully-demon transformed into its natural form, a creature of wings, talons, and teeth longer than Toby's fingers.

Gabe and a few other assassins in black fought off hordes of demons.  Surprised, Rhyn launched into the melee with his dagger.  He slashed through several demons before the creatures realized he was there.  Wanting to keep them off balance, he morphed into his demon form and shredded the creatures with talons and fangs as deadly as theirs.

Talons pierced Rissa's stomach as Memon plunged his hand into her body, withdrawing a black creature the size of its arm that pulsed and writhed.