whisker
Example Sentences
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His gray fur looks soft, and his whiskers twitch as he gets closer, like he’s trying to get a sniff of me.
From Literature
He slides a toe along one whisker to its end, then lets it spring and sparkle in the moonlight.
From Literature
Stocks are still within a whisker of their all-time highs.
From Barron's
Stocks are still within a whisker of their all-time highs.
From Barron's
When she had licked the last bloodred morsels of borscht from her whiskers, the wolf swept her shining eyes ’round the room.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
