How to Use cougar in a Sentence

cougar

noun
  • Both cougars stepped out and dashed off.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Dad was even pounced once by the cougar.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • They could be killed by wolves, a male cougar or even a car.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Burgess picked up a rock and threw it at the cougar, which then ran away.
    — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Hot on the heels of the moose are the wolves and cougars that prey on them.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 29 Aug. 2017
  • There had been two cat tracks and two cougars on the orange cliffs behind us.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Limpy the lion, has gifted the world with five healthy cougars in the last few years.
    — David Caraccio, sacbee, 14 Mar. 2018
  • And a cougar attacks in a very different way than a bear does.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Then why were authorities so quick to pin the death on a cougar?
    — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The cougar was standing on it and fled when an officer fired a shot.
    — Washington Post, 24 May 2018
  • That was not the case for one Utah man, who was stalked by a cougar during a run.
    — Alex Chaet, CNN, 16 Oct. 2020
  • This cougar, out for a mid-morning stroll in Brazil, was not ready for its close-up.
    — Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science, 1 May 2016
  • The cougar can also be seen walking up and down the block on the survailance video.
    — Allison Bagley, Houston Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The cougars have yet to be officially named.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026
  • The cougar perched on Haystack Rock on Sunday has left the area.
    — oregonlive, 17 July 2023
  • Burgess can be heard in the video yelling profanities and pleading with the cougar to back off.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
  • For the most part, though, Porter said this area doesn't offer the right kind of habitat for cougars.
    — Author: Leila Kheiry, Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Sure, the murders happened directly in front of the three cougars.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The dog weighs 55 pounds and was outclassed by the cougar but battled fiercely.
    — CBS News, 18 May 2022
  • Not long ago, the park’s long-reigning king — the cougar known as P-22 — stalked the same hills.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • This is the first fatal cougar attack in the state in nearly 100 years.
    — Deborah Horne, ajc, 21 May 2018
  • The area was so remote that during an 18-day stakeout, one agent saw a cougar kill a deer.
    — Alex Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • The big cats, which are also called pumas and cougars, are native to the area and roam widely through its forests and foothills.
    — Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This cougar had been in the city at least once before, McDonald said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • The cougar takes the whitetail to the ground, its powerful jaws clamped on the animal's neck.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 13 June 2017
  • There are cougars and hippopotamuses.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • In the trail camera footage, which was captured on March 25, the cougars feed on a deer carcass.
    — Aki Nace, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • The same cougar had been spotted near the motel on Sunday, the agency said in a statement.
    — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The study found that cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
    — USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The cougar would have done a good job of stripping off the main parts, then vultures and smaller animals would have cleaned up the leftovers.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 1 June 2026

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'cougar.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: