How to Use lion in a Sentence
lion
noun- He was a literary lion among the writers of his time.
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And Ras has the head of a black lion and a weird beard.
— Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023 -
The real-life lion king of the Serengeti has died in Africa.
— Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Most small dog breeds have the heart of a lion and the swagger to go with it.
— Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 2 Feb. 2023 -
And this will be a sign unto you: the lamb will lie down with the lion.
— Bruce Headlam, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 -
But that doesn’t account for the lion’s share of the story.
— Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 Dec. 2023 -
The prowling lion goes first, the guardian cat goes next.
— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022 -
In the piece a lion, shown head-on, has clamped down on the back of a bull, carved in profile.
— Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022 -
There’s a lion, a tiger, a camel, a stork — even a sea monster.
— WSJ, 14 June 2023 -
In 2020, the lion’s share of the passing game flowed through Olave and Wilson.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022 -
The lion’s share of the rest legally must go to schools — $37 billion.
— Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022 -
The cost of crude oil accounts for the lion’s share of what drivers pay at the pump, though.
— Kara Dapena, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022 -
Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022 -
Jonathan Taylor, now a star running back for the Colts, did a lion’s share of the work.
— Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022 -
Their bite is almost three times stronger than that of a lion.
— Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The officer arrived to find the dead lion — a 95-pound female — on the hood of the man’s Jeep.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024 -
Once, Siegfried failed to escape the clutches of a lion that went off-script and bit his arm.
— Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022 -
To create, cut the lion's ears and face shapes from felt and attach with hot glue.
— Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022 -
The lion is a symbol of England, and appears on the royal coat of arms.
— Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023 -
They're known to be lively, cuddly, and of course, brave as a lion.
— Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022 -
While in the magical land, the kids meet a lion who recruits them to defeat the wicked witch, Jadis.
— Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023 -
Sukari was the matriarch of the zoo’s African lion pride, and had lived at the San Francisco Zoo since 2009.
— Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023 -
The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie.
— Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022 -
Within the flowers are a lion, a unicorn, and a boar, pulled from the coats of arms of King Charles and Queen Camilla.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2023 -
The business model only works if the lion’s share of the success is owned by just a few.
— John Tamny, Forbes, 6 July 2022 -
One of my favorite co-writers, who wrote the lion’s share of the record with me, is a girl named Jessie Jo Dillon.
— Michael Rietmulder, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023 -
Poland both produces and consumes the lion’s share of the coal that the EU uses to stay warm in winter – as much as 80%.
— Isabelle De Pommereau, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2024 -
Leo Make way for Leo, the lion of the zodiac, and the showstoppers who call this fire sign their own.
— Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023 -
These include the 4-7-8 breathing technique, box breathing, and lion’s breath.
— Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024 -
The game’s trailer features violent scenes such as a lion painted with a Palestinian flag goring a soldier and a bloody skeleton crawling through a city street.
— Jackson Walker, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
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