How to Use catlike in a Sentence

catlike

adjective or adverb

• Klobuchar is the unflappable good cop, smiling with catlike calm when a suspect spits her questions back in her face.
  — Megan Angelo, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2018
• The others aren’t in view but appear to be standing a few feet back, relying on the extra distance and their catlike reflexes.
  — Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 6 June 2017
• Less noticed is that Donald Trump has a catlike sense for the deep cultural unease this post-Obama coalition creates among many millions of voters.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 12 June 2019
• Though the couch carnage has yet to be remedied, Rose says the cameras give her a sense of security, and Rocco’s other antics, such as catlike perching on the back of the sofa, provide a chuckle for her and her friends.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• Beside him, a little girl had rendered a catlike form with cubist intensity.
  — Erin Ashenhurst, Slate Magazine, 9 June 2017
• That disease was ultimately traced to a coronavirus that jumped from bats to Asian palm civets, a catlike creature prized as a delicacy in southern China, and then to humans involved in the wildlife trade there.
  — Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2020
• Fans blessed with good internet connection and catlike reflexes had the choice of arriving early to watch the Washington Mystics take on the Minnesota Lynx, and then stay for the viewing party.
  — Katherine Fominykh, baltimoresun.com, 6 June 2018
• Most were well-received except a pair of books on fictional catlike characters called Fuzzheads, which dealt with more serious societal issues.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 July 2018
• Florence was handsome, with catlike eyes, a generous rosebud mouth, a languid, seductive manner and a pouting expression.
  — Caroline Moorehead, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2018
• Trish, officially powered by catlike abilities, has become a coldblooded killer with the kind of self righteousness that would make Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) proud.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 June 2019
• Noelle Marion makes a hilarious North Coast Rep debut in the role, continuously delivering unexpected twists and turns with her catlike physicality and quicksilver emotions.
  — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017

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