How to Use leopard in a Sentence

leopard

noun
  • The front door opened and Jenny stepped onto the porch in a leopard print one-piece that rode up her slender hips.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2021
  • My refrigerator will not be emptied by a bear; I will not be throttled by a leopard while taking out the compost.
    Julie Zickefoose, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2021
  • In a leopard-print fur coat over a dark satin negligée, Elle berates the wrong-number callers who keep ringing her rotary telephone.
    Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The female-fronted quartet, often clad in headbands and leopard-print scarves, played a danceable breed of post-punk rooted in jagged guitar hooks and funky rhythms.
    Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Go Kardashian retro for your costume with leopard print and platform heels circa 2007.
    Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Her adorable outfits included loud prints (often of the leopard or floral variety) and a penchant for layering and graphic tees.
    Megan C. Hills, CNN, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Cellphone video obtained shows a woman wearing a red dress and leopard print shawl standing across a moat from a lion and talking to it, holding roses and tossing money.
    Fox News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • In the adorable images, baby Sterling wore an oversized leopard-print hair bow featuring the Chiefs logo and red football helmets.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Richards, meanwhile, wore a perma-smile to match his leopard-print shirt, Asics and assorted accoutrements, while Woody bounced around the stage like a performer half his age.
    Marc Schneider, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2021
  • The artisan craftsmanship of this rug and it’s companions, Snow Tiger (white tiger) and Leo (leopard) adds seriously chic drama to your space, too.
    Brandon Schultz, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The head-to-toe leopard print look will stop people in their tracks.
    Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2023
  • In March, twin cubs were born to Satka, a rare Amur leopard at the zoo.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • To catch a leopard, the trophy hunter must track its prey.
    Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
  • The rosettes on a jaguar have smaller dots in the middle, while those of a leopard doesn't.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The broad shoulders and the leopard print, the purring come hither and paralysing bite that follows.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The San Diego Zoo is celebrating the birth of the Amur leopard cubs — one of the world's rarest cat species.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The mother leopard leaps toward the camera and walks past on the right-hand side, the video shows.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024
  • These were the first raptors that were more akin to a duck than a leopard in their mode of life, says Holtz.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
  • But even the tops of trees aren't enough to protect leopards from people.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023
  • With a denim skirt, black tights, and a leopard print shirt, no less.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The 63-year-old actress donned a leopard print dress with bows knotted at the neck and the stomach.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Rose, glammed up in leopard print, flowing black hair and tiara, is very much a work in progress.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Look more closely, though, and the shirt dress, which retails for $493, is in fact leopard print.
    Vogue, 15 June 2023
  • Meanwhile, Khloé showed out in a slinky leopard print dress with.
    Glamour, 21 May 2022
  • The youngster in this case is a leopard cub named Leo, who gets a pen for his birthday.
    Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Topping the list is this pair of leopard suede low-rise sneakers that hit right at the ankle.
    Taylor Jean Stephan, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Fineman sports a leopard print frock with a black bib and pearl buttons.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In one, a grinning man holds up the carcass of a leopard as blood drips down his forearms.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In the fashion world, leopard print is often referred to as a neutral.
    Christina Holevas, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024
  • As stylists will swear, leopard print is now considered a neutral.
    Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024

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