Sharply hooked claws

Usage examples of talons.

As the heart reached the peak of its arc, the eagle seized it in its talons and crashed to the floor in a tangle of wings, talons and beak, feeding frenziedly on the sweet meat offered it.

ENCHANTER-Talons: Talons of the Icarii people who were also Enchanters.

Barrows were built for only twenty six of the Icarii Talons, Kings over all Tencendor.

The Talons ruled Tencendor for over five thousand years, yet only twenty-six were laid to rest here.

The twenty-six who were not only Talons, but also of the line of Enchanters.

The Skraelings rushed the walls in a massed attack, hooking their talons into the minute cracks in the masonry and gradually clawing their way towards the battlements, their silver eyes gleaming obscenely in the dim light that the torches threw down.

SkraeBold s talons sank deeper into his flesh, jerking and tearing as its claws clenched tighter.

Then the SkraeBold hissed and writhed in surprise and pain and StarDrifter felt the grip of its talons loosen.

The SkraeBold had dug its talons deep into his chest and left flankseven or eight appalling lacerations gaped open revealing bone and spongy lung tissue.

Aubri stretched both his forelegs, one at a time, regarding the blunted, ebony talons on the end of each claw with a jaundiced eye.

He faced away from the campsite, sunk his talons deeply into the ground, and energetically beat his wings as if he was trying to lift the earth itself.

The young human did not even make a token protest as the talons caught in his tunic and the huge beak came dangerously near his face.

His talons connected several times with something that felt like snakeskin, tearing through it to the flesh beneath, and he clenched any time he was able to, so that he might rend away a chunk of meat.

Skan balled his talons into fists and pounded his back until he stopped coughing and waved Skan off.

Their talons, and the touch of their feathers, shredded flesh and metal.