jackal

Example Sentences

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"He wins those jackal turnovers and concedes very few penalties. That's an incredible strength that he has to compete as hard as he does and do it in a clean way," said the England boss.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

I suppose she is referring to an alley cat or perhaps a jackal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Dead animals littered the side of the road; deer, raccoons, something that looked like a purple jackal, a Chupacabra or two, what looked like a werewolf, and at least one low-flying turkey vulture.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2024

Despite the Ivy League imprimatur, the cartoonist was still happy when people called him “the retching jackal guy,” a reference to his Mad illustration showing that animal mid-vomit.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

It was in fact not very like the lion's roars he had heard on the night when they met Hwin and Aravis, and was really the cry of a jackal.

From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis