Bengal tiger
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bengal tiger
First recorded in 1760–65
Example Sentences
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A comic encounter with a stubborn hippo blocking a road is one thing; a corroded bureaucracy and hair’s-breadth escapes from a Bengal tiger are another, especially when you have only Soviet-era antibiotics to help.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
A white Bengal tiger approaching a pumpkin at the Rome Zoo, and a rainbow shines over St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023
Eight puppeteers alone are credited as operators of Richard Parker, the Bengal tiger sharing a lifeboat with Pi, played by heroically energetic Hiran Abeysekera.
From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023
Telling the story of a 17-year old boy stuck on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger requires inventive puppetry and movement direction by Finn Caldwell, with Tim Hatley handling scenic and costume design.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022
I had a wet, trembling, half-drowned, heaving and coughing three-year-old adult Bengal tiger in my lifeboat.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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