Sentences with phrase «claw at my skin»

Anxiety makes my skin crawl and I almost claw at my skin to get it to stop.

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The Well - Dressed Ape by Hannah Holmes (Random House) Holmes ignores our self - congratulatory tendencies and gives a witty, detailed look at Homo sapiens through the eyes of an evolutionary biologist, exposing us as a thin - skinned, dull - toothed, small - clawed, and pitiable species.

There are other illnesses which they are at a much higher risk of than other hamsters such as; broken bones, crushing, mites or ticks, allergies, overgrown claws and teeth, rapid weight loss, seasonal itching, skin conditions, prolapse of the eye (eye bulges, comes out entirely or bursts) due to the shallow setting of their eyeballs.

Bites aside, an exuberant dog jumping up at people can cause nasty (unintentional) scratches with its claws, even to those without fragile skin (and I speak from experience.

The officer shook the cat from his leg, but the animal pounced at the officer again, puncturing his skin with its teeth and claws.

Other signs to look for include dilated pupils, twitching skin, pushing your hand away with a paw, getting the claws out or trying to scratch you, or looking at your hand and fixating on it.

At some point you are likely to receive a scratch from your cat, usually an accidental contact of a claw with your skin.

Jumping up to grab the toy, pulling at your skin or clothing, or clawing at your hands are all grounds to stop the game immediately.

A ban backed by the United States to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws at the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species has been shot down, due to opposition led by Canada and Norway.