hunting cat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Like mice trying to escape a hunting cat, the escapees rode furiously, eyeing the stage win in the town of 26,000 people.
From US News ● Jul. 17, 2015
The moaning complaint of a giant hunting cat came from somewhere up the river.
From Project Mastodon by Simak, Clifford D.
He glided forward intent as a hunting cat.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
How should a great roaming, hunting cat go to sleep in a little cube of darkness!
From A Rough Shaking by MacDonald, George
Then a cautious advance of a few steps, setting his feet down softly like a hunting cat, and questioning the air as to the scent he had caught until all doubt vanished.
From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John
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