kitten

Example Sentences

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When we arrived back in Serbia with no further travel plans for the first time in a decade, I found an abandoned kitten under a pile of firewood in our shed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

"The Gardener’s Cat" features Louis, a hypersensitive gardener devastated by the impending loss of his kitten, which has a tumour.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Nearby, Ali Ahmad was balancing a small kitten he rescued from the floods on his shoulder.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Long Beach resident Ashley Likins was pages away from finishing “Onyx Storm,” the third installment in Rebecca Yarros’ fantasy book series, when a long-haired black kitten hopped into her lap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Franz stuck his head over the top of the box and licked the forehead of the very same black kitten with white smudged feet they had left on the Beiderman’s doorstep the day before.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser