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Recent Examples of tomcat
As an actor, Branagh has a voice that’s high, excitable, and light, and his physicality possesses a tomcat sneakiness.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Photo: Mattel and Netflix If Ryan’s tomcat vapidity represents a stereotypical male weakness, Raquelle’s backstabbing materialism plays with its female equivalent.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys.
—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head!
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
Her big red tomcat, Rex, lolls at her feet.
—Suzanne Van Atten, ajc, 12 Oct. 2013
The eggs were fertilized with sperm from a non-fluorescent tomcat and implanted in female cats, and five fluorescent green kittens were born, out of a total of eleven embryos (three now survive, as one was stillborn and another died during birth).
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2011
That’s because her mother was gray and white and her father was a big orange tomcat.
—Karen Jones, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
Photo: Mattel and Netflix If Ryan’s tomcat vapidity represents a stereotypical male weakness, Raquelle’s backstabbing materialism plays with its female equivalent.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
The tomcat had been spotted wandering with a wound on his chest.
—Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
Note that the scent does not draw squirrels, tomcats, or teenage boys.
—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through its head!
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 17 Aug. 2023
Her big red tomcat, Rex, lolls at her feet.
—Suzanne Van Atten, ajc, 12 Oct. 2013
The eggs were fertilized with sperm from a non-fluorescent tomcat and implanted in female cats, and five fluorescent green kittens were born, out of a total of eleven embryos (three now survive, as one was stillborn and another died during birth).
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2011
That’s because her mother was gray and white and her father was a big orange tomcat.
—Karen Jones, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomcat
Noun
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Speedo, a 15-year-old sweetheart, lived a life of comfort until his owner got sick and could no longer care for the tabby any longer, his pet profile said.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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In March, Stacey, 28, adopted an orange tabby rescue cat, Fergie.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By eight weeks, a normal kitten is playful, energetic and exploring their surroundings.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Caswell was caught abusing a kitten at the animal shelter in 2023 after workers there had observed an increase in feline deaths, a former shelter director testified in court.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That seemed as incongruous a combination as a nightingale harmonizing with an alley cat.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2025
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The week’s biggest stories Presidential debate Biden’s verbal stumbles, Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’: 6 debate takeaways.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2024
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“Tomcat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomcat. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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