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
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The real-life lion king of the Serengeti has died in Africa.
—Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
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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
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And this will be a sign unto you: the lamb will lie down with the lion.
—Bruce Headlam, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
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But that doesn’t account for the lion’s share of the story.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 Dec. 2023
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The prowling lion goes first, the guardian cat goes next.
—Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022
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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
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There’s a lion, a tiger, a camel, a stork — even a sea monster.
—WSJ, 14 June 2023
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The lion has made his home in Griffith Park for a decade.
—Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
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In 2020, the lion’s share of the passing game flowed through Olave and Wilson.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
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The lion’s share of the rest legally must go to schools — $37 billion.
—Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
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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
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Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
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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
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In a flat first half, Indiana’s first five did the lion’s share of the Hoosiers’ best work.
—Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
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Their bite is almost three times stronger than that of a lion.
—Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
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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
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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
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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
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The lion is a symbol of England, and appears on the royal coat of arms.
—Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
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They're known to be lively, cuddly, and of course, brave as a lion.
—Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022
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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
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The giraffe though can plainly see what the lion is trying to do.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
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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
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The pistil of one flower is replaced by the lion's eye.
—Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2022
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The throaty roar of a nearby lion startled me out of my reverie.
—Christine Chitnis, ELLE, 24 May 2022
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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
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Enjoy Golden Lion martial arts demos, a Kei Lun lion dance and a parade.
—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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There was plenty of entertainment with lion and dragon dances, food eating contests, a dumpling wrapping contest and a host of performances on a main stage.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
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