The Shadow pried the biggest log free.
He was one of the eyes with which The Shadow pried into secrets of the underworld.
Working silently in darkness, The Shadow pried loose a screenlike partition at the side of the air shaft.
The Shadow pried away another stone; Harry chiseled one loose, higher up.
Swinging the frame on its rusty hinges, The Shadow pried open the window within.
With his one usable hand, The Shadow pried at the lock.
Working on it, The Shadow pried the grating away.
Reaching the window that he wanted, The Shadow huddled close to it and pried between the shutters with a thin, strong wedge of metal.
It was a second or two before The Shadow could pry the hand loose.
There, The Shadow had found another window and pried it open, silently.