How to Use tiger in a Sentence

tiger

noun
  • He was a tiger on the basketball court.
  • Katy Perry’s got the eye of the tiger and the body of Ms. Leopard.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The tiger is sick, only half the weight of a healthy 3-year-old.
    Fox News, 12 Aug. 2022
  • High up on the walls that frame the stage are two huge tiger heads.
    Ralph D. Russo, chicagotribune.com, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Smith’s fish is just shy of the longest tiger trout on record in the state.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The tiger is only a few months old and weighs 20 pounds.
    Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Some tourists are lucky to see one tiger in the wild let alone six.
    David Strege, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The tiger instinct must have took over as the cub stalked me in the high grass.
    John Kuntz, cleveland, 26 Dec. 2021
  • Khla, which means tiger in Khmer, is Chheng's pet project.
    Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2022
  • In one of the two drawings at Samford, a tiger carries the flag.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The year of the tiger is a year of power, passion and daring.
    Rhonda Abrams, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Tiger trout are named for their tiger-like stripes on their skins.
    cleveland, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The tiger, which weighed a little more than 20 pounds, was also found in the home.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Last month, a man was killed by tigers at a zoo in Pakistan.
    Pilar Arias, Fox News, 14 May 2024
  • These teams are more different than the male sheep and the tiger they’re named for.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • To complete the look, dress your dog or cat in a tiger costume.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022
  • The tiger mom of lore but Caribbean born, not the Asian parent.
    ELLE, 6 July 2022
  • Zoo: Voters were tasked with choosing the name of the first tiger cub born at the Louisville Zoo in 20 years.
    Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024
  • The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • The tiger snakes of Perth have heavy metals in their livers.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 17 July 2024
  • There’s a lion, a tiger, a camel, a stork — even a sea monster.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The singer sported a tiger print minidress adorned with crystals, beads and fringe.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 14 July 2024
  • The singer sported a tiger print minidress adorned with crystals, beads and fringe.
    Hannah Malach, WWD, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Utahns will have to wait and see whether the Rams become tiger bait this Sunday.
    Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Yeoh took a walk on the wild side in a sequined tiger print gown for the 73rd Academy Awards.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Fall is the perfect time to grill your way through these garlicky ribs and spiced tiger prawns.
    Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The art is in the otherworldly magic within the pictures—the majesty of a wolf’s face, the grace of swans on a lake, the bold colors of red-and-green macaws, the pose of a porcupine, the embrace of a tiger.
    Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024

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