tigerishly

Example Sentences

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As is almost always the case with a Speak to the Manager, the cut was accentuated by deliberately obvious highlights, striping tigerishly up toward the crisp bristle atop the head.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Goffin did brilliantly to fashion a match point – and woefully to squander it, before Nadal tigerishly got to a second tie-break, this time wrapping it up without fuss.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2017

Until then, Ulster had fought tigerishly and inventively.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

He is tigerishly protective of their place in the spotlight — he said that he had a clause written into Ms. Kasler’s contract that prevents Ballard from hiring another designer without consulting her.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

Her eyes lingered tigerishly upon Olaf's pallid face.

From The Moon Pool by Merritt, Abraham