How to Use pussycat in a Sentence
pussycat
noun- He looks tough, but he's really a pussycat.
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Alas, in the urban jungle, this baby proved to be a pussycat, not a tiger.
— G. Gordon Liddy, Car and Driver, 30 Sep. 2020 -
An oversized bow once affixed to a bustle would be moved to the neck, pussycat style.
— Piczo, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2021 -
That is where Winslow the piano-playing pussycat tickles the ivories.
— Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2020 -
Russia has much less to offer: If China is a tiger, Russia is a pussycat on stilts.
— Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 4 June 2018 -
There is also Maya’s big pet jaguar, Chiapa, who is a pussycat.
— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021 -
Grace always wore that pussycat-bow shirt under those fawny beige little sweaters.
— Vogue, 26 Jan. 2022 -
In honor of Beautycon, Chopra Jonas went all out for the occasion, wearing a sheer black top with a pussycat bow, a white blazer, and a matching pair of pants.
— Abby Stern, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2019 -
The popular pussycat is currently on a press tour in New York, which is just the latest of many business endeavors.
— Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2019 -
On the contrary, those extra pounds of pussycat created a feline frenzy.
— Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2017 -
Becoming a pussycat has confirmed to me that the first step in true success is persistence and relentless vision.
— Asha Bromfield, Seventeen, 11 Dec. 2017 -
But a recent study shows that a single spritz of oxytocin…a hormone known to promote social bonding…renders even the most ornery alpha a total pussycat.
— Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2022 -
This company has the right kind of creative energy and entertainment bonafides perfect for my ornery pussycat.
— K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 June 2022 -
Japan’s tiny Ainoshima island is a pussycat paradise, and its furry inhabitants are trying to woo the singer with a special invitation to visit during his October tour to the country.
— Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 11 Sep. 2017 -
When playing Tony, though, Gandolfini underwent an awe-inspiring facial and bodily transformation; the lovable pussycat turned into a ruthless and philandering gangster.
— James Andrew Miller, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
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