kitten
noun
a young cat.
kitten-like
-
a word derived from
kitten.
Example Sentences
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They had kitten-like ears, tiny pairs of spectacles, and furry skin the color of night.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Left alone, Phoebe sat a moment longer, then rolled over on the bed with a kitten-like motion and, stretching her arms above her head, lay taut for a second, then relaxed suddenly.
From Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse
She laughed outright, and clapped her hands in regular kitten-like joy.
From Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks Book Number Fifteen in the Jack Harkaway Series by Bracebridge Hemyng
But Clytemnestra suddenly, with a kitten-like girlishness that sat but ill upon her, pounced playfully upon the weapon.
From The Black Poodle And Other Tales by F. Anstey
Call, a high, thin kitten-like mew; song, musical, suggesting that of the Thick-billed Sparrow.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
