wolfish

Example Sentences

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But in April, Colossal announced a more substantial, still pretty cute achievement: the alleged de-extinction of the dire wolf, in the form of three wolfish pups named Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi.

From Salon • May 15, 2025

He’s several years younger than Adam but considerably more forthright, and Mescal exudes an almost wolfish hunger that at once pulls Adam in and frightens him off.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Shane's voice was dangerous, dark, exciting, wolfish, a sound once heard never forgotten.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023

Those fossil coyotes are bigger and more robust, almost more wolfish, than modern populations.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2023

Too often it spun like a cyclone, the faces of the governess and her three wolfish charges whirling behind his eyes until he could no longer see what was before him.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood