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What starts off promising enough — shots of star Sam Worthington in a wheelchair, a bunch of military guys mobilizing, actor Stephen Lang sporting a vicious three-clawed scar — devolves into a CGI carnival that looks less realistic than your average Pixar movie.
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The animal tossed his head, curved horn gleaming like blue ice in the level beams of the setting sun, pawing the traffic-hardened snow with a three-clawed foot.
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What starts off promising enough — shots of star Sam Worthington in a wheelchair, a bunch of military guys mobilizing, actor Stephen Lang sporting a vicious three-clawed scar — devolves into a CGI carnival that looks less realistic than your average Pixar movie.
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Claudette is a three-clawed crab netted by fisher Jeff Brown off the Cornish coast.
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From somewhere he pulled out a three-clawed tang knife.
Pendragon: Book Eight: The Pilgrims of Rayne D. J. MacHale 2007
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It was a lens of platinum or something similar, sharp-edged, with the three-clawed hand of his new gambling partner stamped on one side and a planet, with heavy ice caps outlined, decorating the other.
A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992
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With weary pride, she fanned her wings as she approached the waiting group of curious Kin, and dropped down gracefully into a three-clawed landing.
The Elvenbane Lackey, Mercedes 1991
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It was a lens of platinum or something similar, sharp-edged, with the three-clawed hand of his new gambling partner stamped on one side and a planet, with heavy ice caps outlined, decorating the other.
Tales of Known Space Niven, Larry 1975
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It was an ugly thing, weighing close to two hundred pounds, with powerfully muscled hind legs which furnished the bulk of its motive-power, and sturdy three-clawed front legs.
Police Operation H. Beam Piper 1934
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A round table set on a central thick leg having a three-clawed foot was in that chamber, covered with a cloth on which was worked a picture from the story of Ruth.
London River 1915
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