How to Use cat and mouse in a Sentence
cat and mouse
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When one day a law enforcement officer shows up at his door, a game of cat and mouse begins that will end in tragedy.
— Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024 -
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.
— Rachel.maree.cormack@gmail.com, 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 -
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 -
The spacecraft and the 17-kilogram satellite -- the debris to be cleaned up -- will separate and then perform a high-stakes game of cat and mouse over the next few months.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 19 Mar. 2021 -
Rick and Michonne get into a game of cat and mouse with Jadis, who resumes her villain monologue.
— Leah Marilla Thomas, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2024 -
What unfolds is a game of political cat and mouse between the siblings, which Thomas is ill-equipped to win.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
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