hellcat
Example Sentences
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On the Dutton Ranch strong men are just strong men, but strong women are grizzled war-torn hellcats which, especially in the fifth season, often reads as just "crazy" rather than strong.
From Salon
That charge was hard to sustain against Rosalie Edge, the conservation movement’s “hellcat.”
From New York Times
And there was no love lost between Mary Lincoln and Abraham Lincoln’s chief counselors, John Hay and John Nicolay, who referred to her as “the hellcat” behind her back.
From Washington Post
In the second act, at Café Momus, the hellcat Musetta doesn’t just flirt with the crowd but pulls off her underwear and throws it; she and her estranged lover, Marcello, boisterously kiss the same woman.
From New York Times
Cincinnati did not flop, Davis said, because on Dec. 20, when Cronin stepped down, he declared to his players that they would still be ambitious hellcats of defense and rebounding.
From New York Times
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