whiskered

Example Sentences

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A whiskered influencer, Larry also boasts an X account @Number10cat followed by more than 877,500 fans.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

The furry creatures delight newbie onlookers by backstroking, preening and doing all kinds of innocuous things a four-foot-long, 75-pound whiskered marine mammal is capable of.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

A mountain lion poked its whiskered nose beneath the stall door.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

With its large ears and whiskered nose, you’d be forgiven for mistaking the jerboa for a mouse … at least from the stomach up.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 23, 2021

That meant most days, I could see the pigs, some as big as miniature ponies, arriving on the back of huge livestock trucks, their pink and whiskered noses sticking through the metal crates.

From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda