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
  • 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
  • In one of the two drawings at Samford, a tiger carries the flag.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • The tiger mom of lore but Caribbean born, not the Asian parent.
    ELLE, 6 July 2022
  • Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 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
  • Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are some of the more common species found near shore.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The world can be treacherous, but the tiger is a master of survival.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Just be sure to try the favorite local flavors like tiger blood and king cake.
    Megan Dubois, Chron, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Maui's deep offshore reefs are ideal places for tiger sharks to mate, pup and feed.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Park rangers made the discovery in January last year and seized the tiger parts.
    Kocha Olarn, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Like that tiger that remembered the guy, like, 10 years later in that YouTube video.
    Adam Morganstern, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Ayyappa is a Hindu god who, as a child, was ordered to get tiger's milk.
    Vidya Athreya, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The package showed a group project book, a tiger, a baseball, Snoop Dogg and Dolly Parton.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • In a tiger vs bear cage match where neither could escape, the tiger would probably kill the bear and eat him.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The next day, his body is discovered in a nearby field, half-eaten by a tiger.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The Sheriff's Department also said the man had a tattoo on the back and a tattoo of a tiger on one of his forearms.
    Jeremy Yurow, The Arizona Republic, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Sand tiger, sandbar and dusky sharks are commonly found near shore.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 30 July 2022
  • The tiger jelly is not very dense and has a nearly crunchy consistency.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Or the tiger — strict, demanding and focused on achievement.
    Elizabeth Chang, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The Bengals changed their uniforms in the early '80s, adopting the tiger stripes that are still a part of their uniforms and helmets today.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Sergeant Gurung, 36, who is armed with an M-16 rifle, said that on a recent patrol he was chased by a tiger.
    Bhadra Sharma, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Tiger's Blood Lemonade Get ready to unleash your inner tiger.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2022
  • On Wednesday, the Indianapolis Zoo announced the death of a four-month-old tiger cub named Roman.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022

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