How to Use cougar in a Sentence

cougar

noun

• The specific angle of the setting sun against the mountain's unique topography creates a shadow that resembles a cougar chasing its prey.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024
• Burgess yells in the video as backs away from the cougar.
  — Jessica Flores, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
• Hot on the heels of the moose are the wolves and cougars that prey on them.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 29 Aug. 2017
• That had to have been the work of a cougar, Gardner said.
  — Steve Scauzillo, The Mercury News, 30 June 2019
• The cougar fled after an adult in the group punched it.
  — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
• Burgess picked up a rock and threw it at the cougar, which then ran away.
  — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
• The cougar perched on Haystack Rock on Sunday has left the area.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
• Not long ago, the park’s long-reigning king — the cougar known as P-22 — stalked the same hills.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
• But these ladies killed that cougar with their bare hands ...
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
• The coyotes and the cougar and now the swarm of bees shows it’s a natural world, even in the city.
  — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
• Meet the man who has been making home movies of P-22, L.A.’s star cougar.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Limpy the lion, has gifted the world with five healthy cougars in the last few years.
  — David Caraccio, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
• There have been rare sightings of bears, cougars and wolves.
  — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
• The first victim saw his friend being pulled by the cougar.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 May 2018
• The cougar bit Sederbaum on the head before killing Brooks.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2018
• That was not the case for one Utah man, who was stalked by a cougar during a run.
  — Alex Chaet, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
• The wolf, the bear and the cougar are far more anxious to get away from man than man is to get away from them. ...
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
• The cougar can also be seen walking up and down the block on the survailance video.
  — Allison Bagley, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
• For the most part, though, Porter said this area doesn't offer the right kind of habitat for cougars.
  — Author: Leila Kheiry, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
• This is the first fatal cougar attack in the state in nearly 100 years.
  — Deborah Horne, ajc, 21 May 2018
• The child's mom screamed at the big cat and the cougar abandoned its attack, according to the NPS.
  — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 30 July 2023
• This cougar, out for a mid-morning stroll in Brazil, was not ready for its close-up.
  — Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science, 1 May 2016
• The dog weighs 55 pounds and was outclassed by the cougar but battled fiercely.
  — CBS News, 18 May 2022
• Anyone who spots a cougar is asked to report it at michigan.gov/cougars.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2021
• The cougar was standing on it and fled when an officer fired a shot.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2018
• Then why were authorities so quick to pin the death on a cougar?
  — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
• Over 6,000 cougars live in Oregon, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife says.
  — oregonlive.com, 24 July 2019
• The study found that cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
• The cougar takes the whitetail to the ground, its powerful jaws clamped on the animal's neck.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 13 June 2017
• Burgess can be heard in the video yelling profanities and pleading with the cougar to back off.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024