How to Use jaguar in a Sentence

jaguar

noun
  • How many jaguars are there in Arizona?
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Was there really a jaguar in the cage?
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
  • But the jaguar stayed near her tree, even after all nine of us showed up for a look.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2018
  • In many places, the prints of jaguars were more common than those of people.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In the western hemisphere, the jaguar is the largest and best known of the black cats.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 17 June 2023
  • Not too long ago, jaguars were enemy number one in this area.
    — Will McGough, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
  • The jaguar growled, whirled and bit off the protruding head of the arrow.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Unlike every other big cat in the world, jaguars went straight for the brain.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • The jaguar goes for 8k and panthers too and the lions go for 5k.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The jaguar drinks from the wading pool (the puppet has a tongue) while Brine swings above.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 20 June 2019
  • The parks are also home to tapirs, giant anteaters, howler monkeys, ocelots, and jaguars.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • But the solid hit was of no apparent concern of the jaguar.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Said to resemble a jaguar’s head, this shape was a symbol of power.
    — Martin Broen, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Oct. 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
  • In Colombia, jaguar habitats are under threat as forests shrink.
    — Luis Bernardo Cano, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The jaguar is the world’s third-largest cat species and the largest in the Americas.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Vets also found fragments of bullets lodged beneath the jaguar's skin.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Juris used to be the menagerie caretaker there, but a jaguar attack had put him out of his right mind.
    — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • In a mangrove, about 50 feet up, sat the jaguar, calm and unconcerned.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Researchers said all of the images are of the same male jaguar, which was last seen in the same area over a year and a half ago.
    — Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Researchers said all of the images are of the same male jaguar, which was last seen in the same area over a year and a half ago.
    — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The agency has confirmed this is a new jaguar to the United States.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Others take a more menacing tone, like a jaguar facing off with a dog in a snowy backyard.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
  • We were frustrated in all our early efforts to find that second jaguar.
    — Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The case of the jaguar is one that environmentalists lost in court.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 Dec. 2024

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