tigerish
Example Sentences
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With gross domestic product per capita on par with Japan and a stagnant population, South Korea’s tigerish growth days are behind it.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Dundee's tigerish midfield appeared to have too much energy for their Rangers counterparts and, although Rangers gradually dominated the possession, it was laboured and lacking the creativity required to break down a well-organised home defence.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
Ms. Graves “was a tigerish ‘Choleric,’” Jennifer Dunning wrote in a 1987 review in The Times, “with those long, powerful arms of hers coming into play in the ballet’s final moments.”
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
That said, no man can resist her dark, magnetic eyes while her impulsive, passionate nature sometimes seems tigerish.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2019
The madwoman could hear the Head Sister’s tigerish growl rumbling underground.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
