tomcat
Example Sentences
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The Cats Protection charity said the family in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was also being watched over by a tomcat, which was "very unusual".
From BBC ● May 18, 2021
He’s finely embodied by Will Chase, as dashing tomcat Fred Graham, who has disappointed O’Hara’s pouting Lilli Vanessi one time too many.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles” features Ginger, a yellow-tabby tomcat who, despite being a shopkeeper, prefers not to serve the mice who enter his store, “because he said it made his mouth water.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 1, 2016
I remember feeling like a mouse that had found the tiniest hole for escape while a giant tomcat loomed.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2012
One by one Arya had chased them down and snatched them up and brought them proudly to Syrio Forel ... all but this one, this one-eared black devil of a tomcat.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
