How to Use big cat in a Sentence

big cat

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  • As a crowd snapped photos and video, the big cat tried to figure out how to escape a hospital courtyard, injuring its paw in the process.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 July 2024
  • This isn’t the first time a big cat has been seized in the Dallas area.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Keepers squats to scratch the big cat, and speaks sweetly to her through the grate.
    — Rene Ebersole, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2024
  • In the background stands a ferocious beast with the bulk of a bear but the face of a big cat.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
  • The child's mom screamed at the big cat and the cougar abandoned its attack, according to the NPS.
    — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 30 July 2023
  • Then the big cat lunges forward and slams its sizable paws against the window with a thud.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
  • This might be a big cat from outside the US or a 63-year-old beluga whale.
    — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The big cat habitat will be located in the Alabama Wilds area of the park.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Why can’t domestic cats go without food for long, like their big cat cousins can?
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Wyatt — with severe lacerations to his face — beat on and grabbed the big cat.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The sheriff’s office shared a two-minute bodycam video showing the warden and deputies working to remove the big cat from the driver’s car.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • To Peters, there’s no question all of the Santa Ritas are important to the nation’s rarest big cat.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
  • The two bite marks, apparently those of a big cat, are closest to matching the lion among living species.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • But wildlife supporters could bank on the big cat coming down from the mountaintop to amaze onlookers who were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of him over the years.
    — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • Footage captured 20 minutes after the attack shows the big cat returning to sniff at the dog’s collar, which came off in the yard during the tussle.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Fittingly for a creature with pressing hunger and no time for chit-chat, the big cat’s delivery is terse and prose-poem-like.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • Tănase’s debut was inspired by the real-life story of a big cat that escaped a decade ago from a zoo in the small Romanian city of Sibiu.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 June 2023
  • The national park posted the epic video, which shows the big cat batting at a rattlesnake that is striking from under a bush, on Monday on Facebook.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
  • The city's cherished big cat was euthanized five days later.
    — Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The big cat perches there for a moment, appearing to take in the neighborhood, before gracefully walking along the wall.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • Andrews and his night-fishing buddies were enjoying a peaceful summer trip on the Nanticoke when the big cat took his bait.
    — Outdoor Life, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Panther, cougar, mountain lions…these are all different names for the same beautiful, big cat that mainly prowls the mountains and deserts of the Western U.S.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Mickey has also proved to be elusive at the zoo as Zeigler said the big cat had hidden himself away much more than his outgoing brother.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The big cat is temporarily housed adjacent to the lion house while a permanent habitat is built.
    — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • Germany was gripped by the story of the big cat, which authorities said was prowling the suburbs of Kleinmachnow, southwest of Berlin on Thursday.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 21 July 2023
  • The feisty feline, likely very scared, panicked after being rescued before officials were able to get the big cat into the back of a pickup truck.
    — Drake Bentley, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Before department personnel arrived, the big cat had ran off.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • This time, he’s decided to make the big cat a permanent fixture by incorporating a silver sculpture on the underside of the bowsprit.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Authorities believe the big cat might be sleeping somewhere.
    — Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 20 July 2023
  • The big cat was being sought by park service personnel, who plan to euthanize it under longstanding guidelines, the park service said.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 31 July 2023

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