Example Sentences

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Everything that was cattishly feminine in me leaped to life at that look in the eyes of the man whom I detested, whom I had even feared.

From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele

It is only the cougar prowling cattishly through the under-brush perhaps still-hunting the hunter.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

That's one reason why I treated you so cattishly last night; because you were so maddeningly good to look upon.

From The Bells of San Juan by Gregory, Jackson

Adolphine never spoke cattishly of Bertha, in Mamma's presence; was amiable to Constance.

From Small Souls by Couperus, Louis