How to Use cat and mouse in a Sentence

cat and mouse

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• The two ships were locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• The cat and mouse game isn’t yet over, but the mouse is winning time and time again.
  — Ofer Israeli, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• Like a game of cat and mouse, the cheaters try to stay ahead of the watchers, while the watchers try to catch the cheaters.
  — Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
• There are also a police siren and lights, as well as a cat and mouse.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 28 Apr. 2021
• Defenses were catching up in the game of cat and mouse.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• When that day arrives, the older Willis is ready and a game of cat and mouse ensues.
  — cleveland, 21 May 2022
• The tale tests the bonds of friendship, and true feelings emerge as a cat and mouse game puts them all in grave danger.
  — Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2023
• And it’s not the only country playing cat and mouse on the high seas, either.
  — [e-mail], Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2022
• In one long passage, Satchel wrote about the fact that the NET referred to the tunnel eviction as a game of cat and mouse.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2022
• The cat and mouse got to relive their glory days one last time, and no one called them Itchy or Scratchy, not once.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2021
• Phone calls turned into texts and a virtual game of cat and mouse.
  — Erin McLaughlin, CNN, 5 Oct. 2017
• What will this live-action hybrid cat and mouse even look like?
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 July 2019
• Could this be some version of cat and mouse, or canine and cuckoo?
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
• Travel Shopping for airfare can feel like a game of cat and mouse.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2023
• This is not the first film where Neeson finds his character in a deadly game of cat and mouse.
  — Averi Kremposky, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
• The crew’s attempts to stop the virus from returning has turned into a frantic game of cat and mouse.
  — New York Times, 13 May 2020
• The fight for freedom of expression online is a global game of cat and mouse.
  — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
• Under the High Line, Melvin Douglas is tiring of playing cat and mouse.
  — Andy Newman, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
• And as the economic toll from the virus rises, the border’s old cat and mouse smuggling game has adapted to new times.
  — Dallas News, 22 May 2020
• Yet this remains a game of cat and mouse in which the mice enjoy certain advantages.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 11 May 2020
• The cat and mouse game now playing out across shut down subreddits and sketchy link sites is the result of two facts of the internet.
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 14 June 2019
• So Barkley played a little cat and mouse with him, slowing just a bit before stepping on the gas again and scoring.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• Both teams played cat and mouse for all three periods on goals as the Whitecaps twice trailed by a goal in the first two periods.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Mar. 2023
• Once inside East Germany, Colonel Lajoie and his team played games of cat and mouse with the minders assigned to trail them.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• An important concept in security, though, is the idea of the cat and mouse game.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023
• But as events unfold, a grueling game of cat and mouse reveals that Suzy has been holding all the cards all along.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 18 Jan. 2022
• All of this creates a better game of cat and mouse as players try to keep each other off balance.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
• These would then be used to shuttle around nuclear missiles in a great, subglacial game of cat and mouse.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
• Moretti's aware of Ariel's intellect and always wants to be one step ahead of her, making for an enthralling game of cat and mouse.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
• Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the story centers on a group of savvy bank robbers that use social media to document their heists, playing a cat and mouse game with police.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025