How to Use jaguar in a Sentence

jaguar

noun
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  • In the western hemisphere, the jaguar is the largest and best known of the black cats.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 17 June 2023
  • The jaguar goes for 8k and panthers too and the lions go for 5k.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The last female jaguar in the U.S. was killed in Arizona in 1949.
    — Ganesh Marin, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Then the jaguar people moved as jaguar and sing as a jaguar.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The jaguar is the world’s third-largest cat species and the largest in the Americas.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For the first time since 1999, the San Francisco Zoo has a jaguar.
    — Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • The jaguar drinks from the wading pool (the puppet has a tongue) while Brine swings above.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 20 June 2019
  • For the masochist in you, here are the bottom five: 28. Jaguars' Blake Bortles; 29.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2017
  • In the sedan there is no jaguar to flee or rival to pummel.
    — Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But the jaguar stayed near her tree, even after all nine of us showed up for a look.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2018
  • The agency has confirmed this is a new jaguar to the United States.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Thus begins the movie’s jaguar-out-of-the-jungle story.
    — Kristen Page-Kirby, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The two of them continued to move like jaguars in the night, leaving me to fight my way back alone.
    — Eric Church, Field & Stream, 5 June 2024
  • The heat doesn't bother some of the big cats — like lions, jaguars, and cheetahs — too much.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2019
  • Unlike every other big cat in the world, jaguars went straight for the brain.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Predators, on the other hand—think jaguars, owls, and, yes, humans—have eyes on the front of their head.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Tyler Perez worked the final three innings for the Jaguars to pick up his first career save.
    — AL.com, 14 May 2017
  • The search leads him to El Negro, a vet who asks him to join in the rescue of an endangered jaguar.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023
  • All of those are at risk of habitat loss due to the fires, threatening the jaguar's food supply.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The jaguar’s magic was believed to travel via the navel from the god to the shaman or king to the general welfare.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Though the gender and age of Miller’s jaguar are unknown, Hart believes the creature is male.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There are more than a thousand species of birds as well as jaguars and spectacled bears that call the area home.
    — Nick Roll, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2023
  • At Stone Zoo, that includes the jaguar, snow leopards, black bears and white-cheeked gibbons.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2024
  • Fiona, the orphan jaguar from Panama is the newest addition to the Palm Beach Zoo.
    — Brian Ballou, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 May 2017
  • And that's not just because of the silhouette of a jaguar and her cub projected onto the ground next to the door at night.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018
  • The jaguar showed off its canines to the camera as the light reflected off its glowing eyes.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • A second jaguar at the zoo was secured in a holding area during the escape.
    — Jennifer Earl, CBS News, 15 May 2017
  • Audubon Zoo officials said Tuesday the staff was shocked to see the jaguar was able to bite through the steel fencing to create the 8-by-10-inch hole.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 19 July 2018
  • The best time to spot the region’s iconic and rare jaguars is during the dry season, from June to October.
    — Lily Bunker, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The vessel is sure to stand out, thanks to the large silver jaguar sculpture fitted under its bowsprit.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2024

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