Below you will find example sentences with "big cats". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Big Cats in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: cats
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28 words

Words in this phrase

big cats

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • big can mean: Of great size, large. Common word
  • cats can mean: plural of cat Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

3 000 big cats being held 1× amount of big cats in private 1× and other big cats 1× breeds of big cats face extinction 1× cases of big cats preying on 1× cats all big cats are predators 1× dozens of big cats have called 1× encounters involving big cats in new 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at a gathering 1× authorities here have 1× carole always insisted 1× for example one 1× for the study 1× if your love 1×

Common sentence endings:

for many years 1× fraught with danger 1× her big cats 1× home since 2001 1× into human settlements 1× meat a day 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

lions 4× tigers 4× private 3× sanctuary 3× new 3× reality 2× breeds 2× face 2× wild 2× ownership 2× zoos 2× predators 2×

Related phrases

big ten too big big island big bear big brother big screen big sisters big tech big brothers big cat

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around cats:

feral cats 10× black cats 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

big cat big brothers big brother big blind big ben big bear

Just after it in the phrase index:

big difference big fan big island big picture big screen big sister

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

big ten big island big bear big brother big screen big sisters

Same ending:

feral cats black cats

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "big cats" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 3 000 big cats being held, amount of big cats in private, lions, tigers and private stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with big ten, too big, big island, feral cats and black cats, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with big cats

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Yet, making big cats breed can be frustrating — even fraught with danger. (12 words)

The big cats are fed about 100kg of various types of meat a day. (14 words)

My correspondent tells me there are big cats in Cumbria and his latest sighting was not his first. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Panthera Britannia Declassified, a new documentary examining whether big cats are, in fact, living in the wild in the UK, aims to get to the bottom of the Beast of Smallthorne and let viewers decide for themselves whether it's real or not. (43 words)

While in September 2021 a dog walker on Whitefield Common in Heswallhave spotted a "black, large cat" near the trees, a sighting he reported to Puma Watch North Wales, a group set up to document sightings and raise awareness of suspected big cats. (43 words)

If your love for felines extends beyond house-sized cats, enter the bazaar’s raffle for the chance to win a private tour of WildCat Ridge Sanctuary, which dozens of big cats have called home since 2001. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The sad reality that most breeds of big cats face extinction in the wild although all these same breeds have double the amount of big cats in private ownership or zoos throughout America.

For example, one might argue that all lions are big cats, all big cats are predators, and all predators are carnivores.

If your love for felines extends beyond house-sized cats, enter the bazaar’s raffle for the chance to win a private tour of WildCat Ridge Sanctuary, which dozens of big cats have called home since 2001.

McCarthy’s comment about cats referred to a separate bill approved by the House to ban private ownership of big cats such as lions and tigers, a measure boosted by the Netflix series “Tiger King.

For the study, published in the journal Vet Records, the researchers recruited 13 different species of big cats, including lions, tigers, leopards, pumas, jaguars and lynx, at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent.

At a gathering a few years ago, Charles was introduced to Thomas Kaplan, an American businessman and the founder of Panthera, a nonprofit devoted to the preservation of lions, tigers, and other big cats.

Authorities here have decided to install fencing along the rivers and canals that the big cats use to cross into human settlements.

Carole always insisted she was innocent despite Joe’s claims that she had Don killed and fed to her big cats.

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Panthera Britannia Declassified, a new documentary examining whether big cats are, in fact, living in the wild in the UK, aims to get to the bottom of the Beast of Smallthorne and let viewers decide for themselves whether it's real or not.

Some say it’s nonsense but reported sightings of big cats in Hampshire have been high for many years.

The 19-year-old model, left, whose mum is TV star Donna Air, has accused Kody Antle of using big cats as 'show animals' and 'pets for the public' to play with at his South Carolina zoo.

The big cats are fed about 100kg of various types of meat a day.

The In-Sync transport team then returned to Vegas at the end of June to transport the remaining S&R big cats to the WildCat Ridge Sanctuary in Scotts Mills, Oregon.

Whether there are truly more tigers or the reality is as Harihar cautions, one thing seems clear in Bhutan: there are more cases of big cats preying on livestock.

Moreover, in recent cases, genetic testing has conclusively ruled out two suspected encounters involving big cats in New Brunswick as not being cougars.

My correspondent tells me there are big cats in Cumbria and his latest sighting was not his first.

The initiative would banned the “trophy hunting” of these big cats, with an exception for acts of self-defense.

The protest comes alongside the release of a new report by the charity which claims that more than 3,000 big cats being held in zoos across Europe and the UK face a “myriad of issues”.

While in September 2021 a dog walker on Whitefield Common in Heswallhave spotted a "black, large cat" near the trees, a sighting he reported to Puma Watch North Wales, a group set up to document sightings and raise awareness of suspected big cats.

Yet, making big cats breed can be frustrating — even fraught with danger.

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