How to Use wildcat in a Sentence

wildcat

1 of 2 noun

• But the Foothills is plagued by what are known as wildcat builders.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 29 June 2022
• The Ravens scored early in the season on a wildcat snap to Ingram.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• On first-and-goal, Henry lined up in the wildcat, took the snap and scored, to the delight of the home crowd that had been calling his name.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
• In the wildcat, can chuck the ball around, also is a good receiver, as well.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
• Henry started and scored on a 3-yard touchdown out of the wildcat.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2022
• Henry scored on a 3-yard run after taking a wildcat snap with 6:07 left in the first half.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 22 Jan. 2022
• Jones came back in as a receiver and the Giants ran wildcat plays with Barkley taking the snaps.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
• Fishing, tourism and wildcat gold mining have long been among the main sources of income.
  — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Howard lined up in a wildcat formation, took the snap, headed to the right and dragged a tackler the last three yards into the end zone.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Latravious Boyd broke the shutout with an 80-yard wildcat run for an Oak Ridge touchdown on the first play of the second half.
  — Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com, 25 Sep. 2020
• Then, from thorny bramble, the wildcat exhales in a guttural hiss.
  — Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
• Barkley said the Giants have practiced the wildcat and showed it against Carolina.
  — Tom Canavan, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2022
• Jashaun Corbin had 16 carries for 72 yards and two of his three touchdowns came out of the wildcat formation.
  — Maya Ellison, orlandosentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2020
• This was after a pair of 62-yard wildcat runs for touchdowns by Durham were erased by penalties.
  — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2022
• In that sense, Talitha-A is not a true wildcat exploration well.
  — Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2021
• But none of that seems to matter for Citizen or its wildcat CEO.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 15 June 2021
• Saquon Barkley taking wildcat snaps and Jones handing off the football.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 4 Oct. 2022
• Hill lines up at tight end and in the wildcat while also contributing on special teams.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2020
• Watson tied the score late in the second quarter with a four-yard touchdown out of the wildcat formation.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The Michigan running back lined up at quarterback in the wildcat for a second straight time.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020
• Scott, as the wildcat, ran in a two-yard touchdown to help give the Hoosiers a two-touchdown lead with four minutes remaining in the third quarter.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Nov. 2020
• Their tight end played wildcat quarterback against us last year.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 9 Nov. 2021
• No doubt, there are going to be more instances of Ja’Quinden Jackson in short-yardage/wildcat packages.
  — Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Sep. 2021
• In Florida, the Orlando Magic were on the court and ready to play when the Bucks elected to remain in the locker room and wildcat strike.
  — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2021
• On Wednesday, the urgency to do something resulted in a wildcat strike that shook the sports world.
  — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2020
• Trey Burton takes it in from 1 yard in the wildcat formation with 7:01 to go, his second rushing TD this year.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2020
• Pierce set up his touchdown by running 23 yards to the Jaguars’ 3 out of a wildcat formation on the previous play.
  — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2020
• His 7-yard scoring run out of the wildcat midway through the fourth quarter gave the small home crowd ample incentive to head for the exits.
  — Scott Held, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2021
• With any wildcat, there’s an initial phase where shooters gather and share data about what works and what doesn’t.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2020
• Lovers of wildlife can see monkeys, sloths, wildcats, whales, reptiles, and sea turtles in their natural habitats.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2023

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wildcat

2 of 2 adjective

• Toney ran for 52 yards on six carries out of the wildcat package against LSU.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• The union moves fast to set a date as members threaten a wildcat action.
  — Josh Eidelson, Bloomberg.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• With three tight ends in instead, wildcat quarterback Seth Green was stuffed on third and 2.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019
• His high school seems to have him under center a decent amount as the star of a wildcat formation.
  — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 11 May 2018
• The Badgers run the ball on 65 percent of snaps and have added new wrinkles in jet sweeps and runs out of a wildcat formation in recent weeks.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 28 Nov. 2019
• Out of the wildcat formation, running back Rodney Smith took a direct snap on third and goal and scored from two yards out.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2019
• If any of these wildcat contract strikes are still going on six weeks from now, well, then that actually would be a big deal.
  — Albert Breer, SI.com, 11 June 2018
• One of the many attributes of the .308 Winchester is the fact that its case has served as the basis for a host of other cartridges of both the factory and wildcat variety.
  — Mike Dickerson, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2020
• Even if Mayfield is healthy for the whole year, Oklahoma is still going to use Murray in some wildcat packages.
  — Matt Jennings, ajc, 14 Oct. 2017
• Sewo Olonilua did not take a snap out of the regular offense, but scored twice in wildcat formations.
  — Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 10 Sep. 2017
• Within a year, the wildcat local was crushed by its own parent union, the United Food and Commercial Workers.
  — Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017
• The use of mercury in the wildcat camps results in devastating effects on health and the environment.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2019
• However, a motion penalty erased Stutsman’s 5-yard TD run out of wildcat formation and the drive sputtered to an end with a missed 28-yard field-goal attempt.
  — Lynn Ramsey, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Williams had seven rushing attempts out of the wildcat formation in 2017 and one reception last year.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 9 Aug. 2019
• The idea in the spring was to emphasize Murphy more with the offense as the starting running back and quarterback in wildcat situations.
  — Kevin Lonnquist, star-telegram, 3 Aug. 2017
• The entire time, the real star of the state's wildcat family, the bobcat, able to live quietly and compatibly with humans, was in our midst.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2019
• Akers also took some snaps out of the wildcat formation and completed two passes for 26 yards.
  — Bob Ferrante, sun-sentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• At Santa Cruz — where the protests began three months ago with a wildcat grading strike that ended in the dismissal of some student workers — students blocked entrances to campus.
  — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2020
• Camron Donatlan ran five times for 59 yards, taking a direct snap out of the wildcat formation on three carries and running for first downs to extend drives.
  — Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 26 Aug. 2017
• Jackson led Clayton Valley with 69 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 21 carries from the wildcat formation.
  — SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019
• Using a variety of ball carriers and running frequently from the wildcat formation, the Vikings took their opening drive 70 yards on 17 plays.
  — Mike Hutton, Post-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2017
• Before Friday’s game, the closest Lazic had come to playing quarterback was running some plays from the wildcat formation as a sophomore.
  — Jakub Rudnik, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• Working out of the wildcat formation, Williams took a direct snap and trudged his way down into Lancers territory while his quarterback recovered.
  — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• The militants have already proved their ability to launch wildcat bombings in neighborhoods long retaken by the security forces.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 11 July 2017
• Occasional wildcat quarterback. Sells out to catch tough passes.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 17 Apr. 2017
• Across the Brazilian Amazon, outlaws of every description—wildlife poachers, wildcat gold prospectors, land-hungry settlers, drug traffickers—are breaching the boundaries of indigenous lands.
  — Scott Wallace, National Geographic, 27 Sep. 2019
• Demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday in wildcat demonstrations that eventually coalesced around the legislature, where an hours-long battle broke out between more extreme protesters and police, and spread to other parts of the city.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 1 Sep. 2019
• Running out of Arkansas' wildcat formation, McFadden threw four touchdown passes in 11 attempts.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Dec. 2019
• Whereas the ancestors of dogs roamed in packs and learned sophisticated strategies for interacting socially with other animals, the wildcat progenitors of today's house cats were more solitary animals.
  — Julia Calderone, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
• With traditional May Day labor marches curtailed by strict limits on public gatherings, Turkish protesters attempted to stage a wildcat demonstration.
  — Elena Becatoros, Time, 1 May 2020

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