How to Use wildcat in a Sentence

wildcat

noun
  • But the Foothills is plagued by what are known as wildcat builders.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 29 June 2022
  • Fads, as the tush push or wildcat have shown, can be fleeting.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Their tight end played wildcat quarterback against us last year.
    — Evan Dudley, al, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Word spread that a new band was throwing wildcat ragers in the ugliest parts of town.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The wildlife center said the wildcats are old and are not a danger to humans or pets.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2025
  • In the wildcat, can chuck the ball around, also is a good receiver, as well.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Fishing, tourism and wildcat gold mining have long been among the main sources of income.
    — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Then, from thorny bramble, the wildcat exhales in a guttural hiss.
    — Leigh Ann Henion, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Henry started and scored on a 3-yard touchdown out of the wildcat.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • Hill lines up at tight end and in the wildcat while also contributing on special teams.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2020
  • With any wildcat, there’s an initial phase where shooters gather and share data about what works and what doesn’t.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The wildcat notes, which once fueled frontier cities’ economies, fell into disuse.
    — Declan Harty, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The Ravens scored early in the season on a wildcat snap to Ingram.
    — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Woods totaled seven tackles for a loss, forced a fumble and even got a few wildcat-style handoffs.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 10 Dec. 2022
  • And that’s on top of the fact that the Irish have bombed in making the wildcat actually work.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Look out for a big adventure into the Wild with wildcat friend Willa.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 11 Aug. 2025
  • In that sense, Talitha-A is not a true wildcat exploration well.
    — Elwood Brehmer, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2021
  • Saquon Barkley taking wildcat snaps and Jones handing off the football.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • This was after a pair of 62-yard wildcat runs for touchdowns by Durham were erased by penalties.
    — Rick Kretzschmar, Dallas News, 3 Dec. 2022
  • After a pair of timeouts — one by each team — the Tide chose to go for the first down out of a wildcat formation.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Watson tied the score late in the second quarter with a four-yard touchdown out of the wildcat formation.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Howard lined up in a wildcat formation, took the snap, headed to the right and dragged a tackler the last three yards into the end zone.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, courant.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The Michigan running back lined up at quarterback in the wildcat for a second straight time.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Jones came back in as a receiver and the Giants ran wildcat plays with Barkley taking the snaps.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Barkley said the Giants have practiced the wildcat and showed it against Carolina.
    — Tom Canavan, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2022
  • On first-and-goal, Henry lined up in the wildcat, took the snap and scored, to the delight of the home crowd that had been calling his name.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • African wildcats didn’t evolve around water and probably would be just as wary of a bathtub as our domestic kitties.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2026
  • On Wednesday, the urgency to do something resulted in a wildcat strike that shook the sports world.
    — Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2020
  • These Neolithic felines were pure wildcat.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2025
  • But none of that seems to matter for Citizen or its wildcat CEO.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 15 June 2021

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