How to Use saber-toothed cat in a Sentence

saber-toothed cat

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  • The saber-toothed cat, for instance, simply couldn't adapt.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2019
  • Smilodon, a saber-toothed cat around the size of today’s African lion, skulked across the grasslands in search of ground sloths and mammoths.
    — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2018
  • And the kids also named great white shark, panda, wolf, elephant and saber-toothed cat among their favorites.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2020
  • The park contains one of the world’s most abundant fossil beds, filled with the remains of ancient mammals — including the famed saber-toothed cat.
    — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2020
  • The old-school cool of the destination is captured in this saber-toothed cat mug that riffs off the California bear flag design.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Their tracks are preserved in the alkali flats of the valley floor—mammoth, dire wolf, saber-toothed cat, North American camel, and giant ground sloth, all dating back to the last ice age.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 3 July 2018
  • The explanation for the demise of Ice Age megafauna, including the woolly mammoth, giant sloth and saber-toothed cat, has been debated for decades.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2020
  • If a saber-toothed cat species is not already in the genetic library, for example, the analysis cannot detect that animal.
    — Riley Black, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2021
  • The outgoing Regal’s manual, regrettably, has followed the saber-toothed cat and its cousin, the Buick Wildcat convertible, into the mists of memory.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Excavations have uncovered bone tools, slaughtered horses and saber-toothed cat teeth.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The microfossil of a voracious eukaryote doesn’t exactly have the distinguishing characteristics of, say, a Tyrannosaurus rex or a saber-toothed cat.
    — Mark Strauss, National Geographic, 9 June 2016

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