Sharp-clawed.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : sharp-clawed.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : lobster claws.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : The kitten clawed my sweater to shreds. ,to claw a hole in the earth. ,He clawed his way through the crowd.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The cat clawed and hissed in fear. ,He clawed at the door. She clawed for the light switch.    From Dictionary.com. 

McCain clawed his way back, clinching the nomination in early March.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain: 'Move beyond' disappointment] Reference

Seventh-place David Millar of Britain clawed his way back to the pack despite puncturing a tire near the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cavendish wins Tour stage; Kirchen keeps lead] Reference

They's a man up the Little Peco that's had a ruction with a panther, an 'the way he's clawed is something scand'lous.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE END OF THE STORY] Reference

Others clawed at the wreckage with bloodied hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nothing Between Earth And Sky] Reference

 Each time the monitor flashed, they clawed the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Star Witness] Reference

Auntie Mae's paws clawed at my cheeks for minutes on end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wild Rice] Reference

Since then, the market has gradually clawed its way back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coffee Futures Are Near a 13-Year High] Reference

Afterwards he lost his fingernails and became a cat de-clawed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 24-hour Date] Reference

In exhausted despera­tion Mark clawed his hand across the sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Star] Reference

I mean, Frank Loesser was the guy who clawed his way to the top.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fresh Air Celebrates Frank Loesser's 100th Birthday] Reference

You're víceras are tender and they have been clawed pretty badly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Damned Thing Out] Reference

She started out as a teacher but has clawed her way up the ladder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter From India: 'Queen' Of Poor Flaunts Riches] Reference

Is it too late to avoid the sharp-clawed swipes of a bearish market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avoiding The Bear: A Survival Guide] Reference

She rubbed his shoulder then clawed gently at the hair on his chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [What are we made of?] Reference

The farmer had clawed through the door and was thrashing toward them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why'd You Come Back?] Reference

Vomit clawed out of Ernest's throat and splashed against Gracie's gray blouse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blueberries] Reference

He won “one-eyed” — and clawed his way into second at four seconds back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vicenzo Nibali leads 2010 Vuelta as Joaquim Rodriguez wins stage 14] Reference

My daughter's in there, Ada screamed, and she clawed at the people in her way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two First Novels, 10 Years In The Making] Reference

Isabella screamed and clawed at the oth­ers as they pulled me away from the boy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ascension of the Conquistador] Reference

     Mona screamed, clawed toward Dennis, who held her baby aloft by the heel.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old Sweet Song] Reference

He raised a clawed hand to scratch his shoulder but managed to check the movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Creature from Cleveland Depths] Reference

The Yankees clawed back to tie the game, but in the sixth Clemens ran into trouble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fenway] Reference

I was watching TV when the macaw left its cage, clawed its way out on gnarled feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Macaw] Reference

But at last they showed, by their resistance, that they had clawed hold of something.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference

In just a matter of days, she had clawed her way into his life and become his friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journey] Reference

She wiggled and clawed, and finally freed herself from the trap of the padre's interior.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Damned Thing Out] Reference

Of a suddent he clawed away the victuals and bolted them; then there was a shriek from poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference

He clawed wildly at the choking coils, but they failed to loosen even a fraction of an inch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zehru of Xollar] Reference

Mole-men, men with short heavy arms and wide-clawed hands, made for digging through hard earth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valley of the Croen] Reference

"I clawed her by the backe in way of a charme, To do me not the more good, but the less harme.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference

A clawed hand reached up where Gaddon knew the release mechanism of the door lay, and pressed it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Monster] Reference

He ripped the skin from her shoulders, clawed imprints into her hip, bit her lip without sympathy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wolflet] Reference

His fingers clawed the empty air, quivering, vibrant, as though poised to clutch at Jock's throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

Collins spun around, clawed open the door to the truck cab and threw himself behind the steering wheel.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Place on Earth] Reference

Its 3-fingered hands could grasp objects; the clawed third toe slashed prey Found only in North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Theories And Old Bones Reveal The Lifestyle Of The Dinosaur] Reference

"I wanted to leave -- I did," says an 83-year-old man with clawed hands who's been at Carville since 1940.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Only World They Know] Reference

He clawed his way up the social hierarchy: from new kid to fat kid to funny kid before topping out at drama nerd.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Time Is The Charm] Reference

Mohammad and other neighbors clawed through heaps of broken bricks, dried mud and twisted steel reinforcing rods in search of survivors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Where ‘The Land Is on Fire’] Reference