How to Use cougar in a Sentence

cougar

noun

• However, when the man turned around, the cougar was following him.
  — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2019
• The study found that cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
• Video shows how the team cared for the tranquilized cougar, prepared him for transport and released him in a grassy wooded area.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 15 May 2024
• Cats like the saber-tooth, lion, and cougar hunted in forests, while canine species like the dire wolves hunted bison and horses in open fields.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
• Did the diets of cougars and wolves and coyotes change in a substantial way once extinction of these other animals occurred?
  — Stephanie De Marco, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2019
• Coyotes, cougars and gray wolves were better able to adapt their diets by hunting small mammals or scavenge from carcasses when large prey disappeared.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Aug. 2019
• Over 6,000 cougars live in Oregon, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife says.
  — oregonlive.com, 24 July 2019
• The news of bison’s seeming hatred of the Australian hard rock outfit comes after a women used Metallica’s music to scare off a cougar.
  — Melissa Locker, Time, 11 Sep. 2019
• Lewis & Clark College said several cougar sightings have been reported in the area of its Portland campuses.
  — oregonlive.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• The cougar scurried off after the first few notes, the combination of heavy drums and James Hetfield's vocals apparently too much to handle.
  — Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 2 Aug. 2019
• The species that survived, like cougars, were those best able to adapt their dietary behaviors, switching from hunting increasingly rare large prey to smaller mammals, and/or scavenging.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
• Burgess yells in the video as backs away from the cougar.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
• The cougar fled after an adult in the group punched it.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
• Burgess picked up a rock and threw it at the cougar, which then ran away.
  — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
• The cougar perched on Haystack Rock on Sunday has left the area.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands ...
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The coyotes and the cougar and now the swarm of bees shows it’s a natural world, even in the city.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
• Meet the man who has been making home movies of P-22, L.A.’s star cougar.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• There have been rare sightings of bears, cougars and wolves.
  — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
• That was not the case for one Utah man, who was stalked by a cougar during a run.
  — Alex Chaet, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
• The wolf, the bear and the cougar are far more anxious to get away from man than man is to get away from them. ...
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
• 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
• The dog weighs 55 pounds and was outclassed by the cougar but battled fiercely.
  — CBS News, 18 May 2022
• Anyone who spots a cougar is asked to report it at michigan.gov/cougars.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
• Then why were authorities so quick to pin the death on a cougar?
  — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
• Burgess can be heard in the video yelling profanities and pleading with the cougar to back off.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
• Kyle Burgess, 26, recorded the six-minute incident in Slate Canyon with the cougar, who was with her cubs.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2020
• This cougar had been in the city at least once before, McDonald said.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
• The area was so remote that during an 18-day stakeout, one agent saw a cougar kill a deer.
  — Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
• There is a growing body of evidence from other states showing that cougars regularly prey on gray wolves.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Aug 2024