: a tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) occurring especially in India
Illustration of Bengal tiger
Examples of Bengal tiger in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAnother cage, divided into two sections, featured 10-year-old Sooner the Bengal tiger, Nero the lion and Cleopatra the lioness.—Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024 Inspired by the book’s Bengal tiger, the name matched the incredible vessel, which sleeps up to 26 guests in 13 cabins.—Chloe Braithwaite, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024 After a shipwreck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy survives on a lifeboat with four companions — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger.—The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024 With round-the-clock musicians, magicians, comedians, blue men and white Bengal tigers, the Strip became the premier global destination not just for indecorous gambling, but also for family-friendly entertainment.—Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024 Nearly 120 animals were seized, including dozens that were dead and a white Bengal tiger that a veterinarian determined had to be euthanized, from a roadside zoo in Virginia as part of an animal cruelty investigation, according to search warrants, court documents and interviews.—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023 Moll, 31, played for the University of Memphis, which coincidentally has a Bengal tiger mascot called TOM (Tigers of Memphis).—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 1 Aug. 2023 The story follows a 16-year-old Indian boy, Pi Patel, who survives more than 200 days stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger, a hyena, a zebra and an orangutan after a cargo ship wrecks and sinks in the Pacific Ocean.—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023 The Bengal tiger is considered endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, according to the zoo.—Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 15 May 2023
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