How to Use Bengal tiger in a Sentence

Bengal tiger

noun
  • This could be the urine of either a Bengal tiger or your neighbor’s Chihuahua.
    — Kathryn Kvas, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
  • British rule saw Bengal tigers hunted nearly to the brink of extinction.
    — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Good things—whether the first blush of love or Bengal tigers—are always making false promises to endure.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • After all, a Bengal tiger’s jaw can bite with a force of more than 1,000 pounds per square inch.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Or for that matter, the majestic villain of the tale, Shere Khan the Bengal tiger.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Being stranded at sea on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger doesn’t necessarily sit at the top of most people’s list.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The banner is black with a large orange Paul Brown signature and the head of a Bengal tiger on it, police said.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Her husband, Charlie Silveria, won a raffle to feed a 4-year-old white Bengal tiger through a fence.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2022
  • Helms has a missing tooth, Bartha's mattress lies impaled on a nearby statue, and a giant Bengal tiger is roaming their hotel suite.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Inspired by the book’s Bengal tiger, the name matched the incredible vessel, which sleeps up to 26 guests in 13 cabins.
    — Chloe Braithwaite, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The Georgia safari is home to Bengal tigers, according to information on its website.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The sanctuary currently houses 12 lions and one Bengal tiger, noting that most big cats were brought from overseas between six months and three years of age.
    — Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Included in the roundup was a white Bengal tiger that veterinarians determined had to be euthanized.
    — Kyle Swenson, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • Among those drawn to the place is Neftalí, who arrives in the company of a Bengal tiger—a vivid symbol of the untamability of the region, in both the novel and the world.
    — David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
  • That same year, police officers in New Mexico discovered a healthy, young Bengal tiger cub while responding to reports of a shooting.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 6 June 2024
  • Last year, a Bengal tiger made headlines after videos surfaced online of the feline roaming a Houston neighborhood on Mother's Day.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 19 Aug. 2022
  • And India’s Sunderbans, a region of marshy land and mangrove forests populated by both humans and tigers, provides the largest remaining Bengal tiger habitat in the world.
    — Sarah Sax, Wired, 17 July 2021
  • Kaeng Krachan National Park is no stranger to rare sightings, including the announcement of trail cameras that recorded a mother Bengal tiger and her triplets for the first time earlier this year.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2025
  • In addition to African Lions, Safari World is home to an abundance of wildlife, including African elephants, Bengal tigers, giraffes, and zebras.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Another cage, divided into two sections, featured 10-year-old Sooner the Bengal tiger, Nero the lion and Cleopatra the lioness.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 8 May 2024
  • After a shipwreck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy survives on a lifeboat with four companions — a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger.
    — The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In total there are fewer than 900 gorillas in the wild—fewer than the white rhino (20,000), and fewer still than the Bengal tiger (2,500).
    — Judy Koutsky, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Jan. 2017
  • In 2003, Roy Horn was attacked by a white Bengal tiger during a Siegfried & Roy show, leaving him partially paralyzed and ending the long-running act.
    — Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
  • The Bengal tiger, found in India, are considered endangered with less than 2,500 in the wild, according to National Geographic.
    — Melissa Montoya, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There, towering cypress trees have grown for hundreds of years and vulnerable or endangered species like Bengal tigers, clouded leopards, black bears, and red pandas live in habitats that morph with the rising geography – and new plant and animal species continue to be discovered.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Sheba, an 8-year old female Bengal tiger, slipped out of an enclosure at a private farm just south of Johannesburg over the weekend and attacked a 39-year old man, who was taken to the hospital and treated for injuries, according to reports.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Ranthambore is a part of Project Tiger, an Indian Government initiative launched in 1973 to protect the country’s Bengal tiger population and its habitats.
    — Laura Kiniry, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026

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