whisker
Example Sentences
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Slowly it edged closer, quivering, until its whiskers were touching his knee.
From Literature
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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
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He slides a toe along one whisker to its end, then lets it spring and sparkle in the moonlight.
From Literature
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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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.