Sharp-clawed.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

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. 

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. 

Noun : lobster claws.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adjective : sharp-clawed.    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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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