whiskered
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of whiskered
Example Sentences
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The musical turns out to be as spryly flexible as any of its whiskered characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
A whiskered influencer, Larry also boasts an X account @Number10cat followed by more than 877,500 fans.
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
San Francisco’s Sea Lions: Recently sea lion counters tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
The furry creatures delight newbie onlookers by backstroking, preening and doing all kinds of innocuous things a four-foot-long, 75-pound whiskered marine mammal is capable of.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
As the bullet whizzed over its tiny whiskered head, shattering the toilet seat, the mouse took off—a squeaking gray blur that scooted out the doorway, between Curly’s feet.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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