How to Use jaguar in a Sentence
jaguar
noun-
And somewhere in these mountains, a lone jaguar that's periodically captured on trail cams prepares for the evening hunt.
— Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024 -
In the western hemisphere, the jaguar is the largest and best known of the black cats.
— Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 17 June 2023 -
The jaguar goes for 8k and panthers too and the lions go for 5k.
— Don Sweeney, sacbee, 22 Feb. 2018 -
The last female jaguar in the U.S. was killed in Arizona in 1949.
— Ganesh Marin, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022 -
Then the jaguar people moved as jaguar and sing as a jaguar.
— Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023 -
The jaguar is the world’s third-largest cat species and the largest in the Americas.
— Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024 -
For the first time since 1999, the San Francisco Zoo has a jaguar.
— Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023 -
The jaguar drinks from the wading pool (the puppet has a tongue) while Brine swings above.
— Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 20 June 2019 -
For the masochist in you, here are the bottom five: 28. Jaguars' Blake Bortles; 29.
— Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2017 -
In the sedan there is no jaguar to flee or rival to pummel.
— Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023 -
But the jaguar stayed near her tree, even after all nine of us showed up for a look.
— Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2018 -
The agency has confirmed this is a new jaguar to the United States.
— Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Thus begins the movie’s jaguar-out-of-the-jungle story.
— Kristen Page-Kirby, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019 -
The two of them continued to move like jaguars in the night, leaving me to fight my way back alone.
— Eric Church, Field & Stream, 5 June 2024 -
The heat doesn't bother some of the big cats — like lions, jaguars, and cheetahs — too much.
— Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2019 -
Unlike every other big cat in the world, jaguars went straight for the brain.
— Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018 -
Predators, on the other hand—think jaguars, owls, and, yes, humans—have eyes on the front of their head.
— Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2019 -
Tyler Perez worked the final three innings for the Jaguars to pick up his first career save.
— AL.com, 14 May 2017 -
The search leads him to El Negro, a vet who asks him to join in the rescue of an endangered jaguar.
— John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023 -
All of those are at risk of habitat loss due to the fires, threatening the jaguar's food supply.
— Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019 -
The jaguar’s magic was believed to travel via the navel from the god to the shaman or king to the general welfare.
— Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024 -
Though the gender and age of Miller’s jaguar are unknown, Hart believes the creature is male.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 -
There are more than a thousand species of birds as well as jaguars and spectacled bears that call the area home.
— Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023 -
At Stone Zoo, that includes the jaguar, snow leopards, black bears and white-cheeked gibbons.
— Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024 -
Fiona, the orphan jaguar from Panama is the newest addition to the Palm Beach Zoo.
— Brian Ballou, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 May 2017 -
And that's not just because of the silhouette of a jaguar and her cub projected onto the ground next to the door at night.
— Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018 -
The jaguar showed off its canines to the camera as the light reflected off its glowing eyes.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024 -
A second jaguar at the zoo was secured in a holding area during the escape.
— Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 15 May 2017 -
Audubon Zoo officials said Tuesday the staff was shocked to see the jaguar was able to bite through the steel fencing to create the 8-by-10-inch hole.
— Katherine Lam, Fox News, 19 July 2018 -
Felipe Castellari During Caiman’s early days, Klabin saw few if any jaguars.
— Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2024
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