tiger-like
- a word derived from tiger.
Example Sentences
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The need some feel to atone germinates a perceived opportunity for redemption; humans initially, ignorantly and irrationally feared the tiger-like creature, believing it to be a danger to them and their sheep.
From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2021
In the past, Jiang and Hu, the former leaders, made examples of one or two tiger-like figures in “corruption” probes.
From Forbes • Jul. 20, 2014
Big yellow and gray Angoras, small, alert tortoise-shell ones, tiger-like and of plainer breed and more intelligence, bask in the doorways or sleep on the marble-topped tables of the cafés.
From The Real Latin Quarter by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)
Her face grew ghastly, but her eyes blazed with a tiger-like ferocity.
From The Masked Bridal by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
On all sides an oppressed country crouched tiger-like, ready for revolt should the whip be laid aside for even an instant.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis
