tomcat

Example Sentences

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He had traveled out with his wife and mother-in-law from the town of Vasylivka, just across the front line, with a few belongings in plastic bags and their ginger tomcat in a pet basket.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

The Cats Protection charity said the family in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was also being watched over by a tomcat, which was "very unusual".

From BBC • May 18, 2021

Felis up: A particularly aggressive species of orange tomcat.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2017

The Tale of Ginger and Pickles” features Ginger, a yellow-tabby tomcat who, despite being a shopkeeper, prefers not to serve the mice who enter his store, “because he said it made his mouth water.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 1, 2016

I was hopping all over the place and making more racket than a tomcat with his tail caught in a mouse trap.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls