Suddenly they were upon him, their clawlike hands reaching out, knobby, crooked appendages displaying wicked barbs.

My spoons are of various sizes, and I selected a pair that enclosed the head snugly, masking the wicked barbs with smoothly polished metal.

An article in the San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham wrote that "Martin the writer plants some wicked barbs in Hollywood's rear end about creative financing of movies and hoarding of profits, the art of the deal, hipper-than-thou attitudes and exploitation."

Samena, who had been alertly protecting their backs as they made their way through the tunnel, fitted her finger with a multiple arrowhead which would burst apart in mid-flight and send a dozen wicked barbs hurtling in a deadly hemispherical spray.

The bushes had wicked barbs that could pierce even an ogre's tough hide.

Behind them, the dry rolling hills were scantily clad in brittle grey-green shrubbery and cactus armed with wicked barbs.

Characteristics of Dark Elven armies include armour forged with all manners of wicked barbs, hooks and blades, and their uniforms tend to be dark sombre colours such as purple, indigo or black.