vulpine
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‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ George Clooney is at his vulpine best as the voice of the titular woodland critter in Wes Anderson’s stop-motion-animated 2009 charmer based on the Roald Dahl children’s novel.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2021
It cuts to black just as its protagonist is in a room alone with her sister, who’s been revealed as a vulpine predator.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018
In the second story, Chick asks why Fox doesn’t follow a typical vulpine diet and chicksplains to him what proper foxes eat.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018
Rosenberg’s vulpine versatility produces quick changes of tone.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2018
There was something vulpine about the way the woman sat in her comer by the courtyard, something reptilian about her eyes.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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