At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

A major genetic survey of nearly 1,000 feral and domestic cats has revealed that every breed of household cat alive today originates from just five lineages which lived alongside ancient settlers in the Fertile Crescent, an area stretching from the eastern Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.

“[…]—Say, do you mind telling me if people around here really eat cats?” He felt a shiver in the pit of his stomach. “Do they eat cat?” said the little old man, profoundly shocked.

You do not eat cat simply for the thrill of eating cat. You eat cat because cats have a lively jingshen, or spirit, and thus by eating the animal you will improve your spirits.

I grabbed it and ran over to the lion from behind, the cat still chewing thoughtfully on Silent's arm.

If you should someday round a corner on the hiking trail and come face to face with a mountain lion, you would probably never forget the mighty cat.

civet cat    polecat

But, ere one rapid moon its tale has told, / He finds his prize — a cat — a slut — a scold.

Didn't know what time it was the lights were low / I leaned back on my radio / Some cat was layin' down some rock'n'roll 'lotta soul, he said

a jazz cat

I turn on the radio / There's some cat on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses

"Tell me. Willie said there was a cat in love with you. That isn't true, is it?" "Yes. It's true," Hudson corrects her, letting her think that by "cat" he means prostitute.

‘He's going to cat, Maxim,’ said the Pussum warningly. The suave young Russian rose and took Halliday by the arm, leading him away.

This was going to be my first try at catting out. I went looking for somebody to cat with me.

She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel cat.

Fishing for cat is probably, up to a certain stage, the least exciting of all similar sports.

The weather was cat, so they returned home early.

But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box.

The words “dog”, “cat”, and “horse” are hyponyms of “animal” because dogs, cats, and horses are types of animal.

My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.

The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.

A cat has nine lives.

Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.

First Cat; First Daughter; First Dog; First Son

The cat disappeared into the night.

Websites on the .cat domain are required to have content in the Catalan language.

But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

Is this your cat?

Perhaps my problem is that I am a cat woman. I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.

At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat—in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

My cat keeps scratching at the furniture.

Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.

Like a cat, I arch into the back of the bench, my spine xylophoning along the slats while the tension of the day slowly drains out of me. I'm totally chill and mellow.

He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.

The dog treed the cat.

Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat?

this is probably their cat

In the active sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject and ‘the mouse’ is the object.

The cat batted at the toy.