cat
Example Sentences
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Running a hand through her wet hair creates a grim mental picture: emerging from the shelter to find reporters in the neighborhood, trying to interview her while she looks like a bedraggled cat.
From Literature
Getting Jonah to do his homework is like trying to convince a cat to eat vegetables.
From Literature
"You know: my cat's got a disease, my dog's got a disease, my aunt has got a disease."
From Barron's
Estimates say there are nearly a million stray cats in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times
Other writers, especially women, have historically opted for cafe writing because working at home comes with constant prompts of other duties: unloading the dishwasher, deworming the cat, filing tax returns.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
