tiger - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • crouch: It's no crouching tiger, hidden dragon, either.
  • adopt: She is talking about adopting a tiger with her pocket money.

Adjective modifier

  • Sumatran: The symbol of the Zoo, which was an elephant, will now be the Sumatran tiger.
  • bengal: In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted to the room.
  • toothless: Question 9: Toothless tiger How can public confidence in the planning system be improved?
  • Tasmanian: He leaped out of Hodges pocket and attacked a motionless tasmanian tiger.

Modifies a noun

  • prawn: For the barbecue market it offers tiger prawn kebabs, each pack consisting of ten prawns threaded onto two sticks.
  • oscar: Red Tiger Oscars 19/02/06 No I'm looking for 4 young tiger oscars for my 100 gallon tank.
  • barb: Over the years there has been some debate to whether green tiger barbs are dyed.
  • cub: The two rare Sumatran tiger cubs at Paignton Zoo have received their first vet check.
  • shovelnose: Also have tiger shovelnose catfish at £ 7.50 and redtail cross tigers at £ 12.50!
  • salamander: In view of this, suggest one reason why cannibalistic larvae of tiger salamanders are still found.

Noun used with modifier

  • sabre-toothed: There's Manfred, a depressed wooly mammoth, Sid, an amusing sloth and Diego, a mischievous sabre-toothed tiger.
  • saber: On the way he encounters many perils which he must overcome including ghouls, a giant walrus and a saber tooth tiger.

Preposition: by

  • tail: Mistaken beliefs The liberal-left establishment has a tiger by the tail.

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