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
Tensed like a hunting cat about to pounce, the rod still seemed to have a life of its own.
From The Black Fawn by Kjelgaard, James Arthur
Unhappily it is the way of the hunting cat to stalk unseen, and to kill the very birds that are most friendly with man, and most helpful to him in his farming and fruit-growing business.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
With the noiseless speed of a hunting cat, Ross flung himself from behind the door to a wall, where he would be hidden from the newcomer for that necessary instant or two.
From The Time Traders by Norton, Andre
He glided forward intent as a hunting cat.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
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