Example Sentences
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This behavioral flexibility showed up clearly in the data, with meows displaying much greater variation within the same individual cat.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
Then, too soon after dawn, her demeanor abruptly changes: She bites my hands, legs, and neck, and meows in my face with a force that can only be described as belligerent.
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2023
The sound of these meows has evolved during domestication to more effectively communicate with us.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023
The sounds of squawks and meows could be heard as chickens and stray cats roamed among the vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023
I named him Mango because the sounds of his purrs and his wheezes and his meows are all various shades of yellow-orange, like a mango in different seasons.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
