pussycat

Example Sentences

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One resident replied to the post with a picture of the pussycat asleep on a wicker chair between two smiling children.

From Los Angeles Times

“Never take advice! Can’t keep still all day, and not being a pussycat, I don’t like to doze by the fire. I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.”

From Literature

After dancing on Cincinnati’s midfield logo before the game, Smith-Schuster got planted in the turf - and the underdog Bengals were no pussycats at all in a 27-17 upset Monday night.

From Washington Times

After dancing on Cincinnati’s midfield logo before the game, Smith-Schuster got planted in the turf — and the underdog Bengals were no pussycats at all in a 27-17 upset Monday night.

From Seattle Times

Eliot had once refused an adaptation offer from Disney; Lloyd Webber promised Valerie that he wouldn’t turn her late husband’s chimeric creations into mere “pussycats.”

From The New Yorker