tigerishly
Example Sentences
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As is almost always the case with a Speak to the Manager, the cut was accentuated by deliberately obvious highlights, striping tigerishly up toward the crisp bristle atop the head.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
He is tigerishly protective of their place in the spotlight — he said that he had a clause written into Ms. Kasler’s contract that prevents Ballard from hiring another designer without consulting her.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2011
For Somerset, who had fought tigerishly while defending an inadequate score, a magnificent season had ended in failure.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2010
After City won promotion and tore tigerishly into Premier League life the former chairman, Paul Duffen, told the Guardian that Bartlett had "provided the funding" to get the Tigers up.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2010
Rachel's pride as a young married woman was tigerishly alert and hungry that evening.
From The Price of Love by Bennett, Arnold
