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

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

For Somerset, who had fought tigerishly while defending an inadequate score, a magnificent season had ended in failure.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010

There had never been anything in his life so tigerishly delightful as this game of playing on the feelings and fears of the girl whose coming had spoiled the solitudes.

From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.