How to Use lion in a Sentence

lion

noun

• He was a literary lion among the writers of his time.
• 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
• 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
• Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 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
• 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
• 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
• The performers, lion dancers with the Leung’s White Crane troupe, had stuck the landing, yet again.
  — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 2023
• Lewis also noted that when Lori went to get help, the actress heard a lion roar.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
• For her 2019 shoot in Kenya, she was photographed just feet from a real lion.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• The lion’s share, or $325 million, came from the foreign box office.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• On a good day, the fearless lion soaks up the sun and uses its power to help others.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
• But, obviously, both will hope to get the lion’s share of the carries in the backfield.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2024
• On another side of the room is the blood fountain, with a lion’s head and a cascade of blood coming out of it.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
• The average success rate for lion hunters is around just 19 percent, according to CPW.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
• Out of Africa Wildlife Park provides an intimate look at lions, tigers, hippos, giraffes and plenty more.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024