How to Use lioness in a Sentence

lioness

noun

• The lioness clamped onto Lee’s arm and refused to let go, even when struck in the head with a pipe.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2020
• Just up ahead a lioness and her three cubs wrestled on a log.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
• The group, this a pack of hyenas on a single lioness, has brought her down.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
• Two tigers and a lioness also were placed in new homes.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
• One, a small lioness, was found by the customs brigade in a cage in a garage in the southern French port city of Marseille .
  — John Leicester, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
• After the leaders of the pack walked off, the lionesses and cubs swarmed in to finish off the buffalo.
  — Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
• Robin loves a lioness look, and can lay down some strong live vocals.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
• Maria Saegebarth, a spokesperson for the zoo, told CNN that the lioness initially took good care of the cubs.
  — Emily Dixon, CNN, 8 Aug. 2019
• There are a lot of things God says about mothers: They are blessed, strong lionesses, full of wisdom.
  — Woman's Day, 14 Apr. 2023
• Kylie wasn't the only one to rock the lioness look, which also featured corset-style straps on its rear side.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• In a pride, each lioness has two to four cubs, all of whom bask in their father’s attention.
  — Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 21 July 2019
• The dead lions, eight of them cubs and the other three adult lionesses, were part of a pride that also included three males.
  — Alexander Braczkowski, National Geographic, 13 Apr. 2018
• Upon their return, the lionesses called their five young out to the grassland and began cleaning one of them.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• The two young males were ejected from the pride right after the zebra was killed, so the availability of food may have spurred the lionesses to send the males packing.
  — National Geographic, 13 Sep. 2017
• Another young female charges me but is stopped by an older lioness, who bats her on the nose with a huge paw.
  — Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2023
• Naomi the lioness gave birth to the trio on August 16 into August 17.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• The lionesses hunt, give birth, raise cubs, and emotionally support the male heirs.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 15 July 2019
• Sukari, a 20-year-old African lioness, loved to eat horse shanks, pork loin and goat’s milk, play soccer and hang out in the moat of the lion habitat at the San Francisco Zoo.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2023
• But there is only one furry princess — one with a roar and a bite: The Lion King’s Nala, a daring lioness who can beat even the future king in a wrestling match.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 15 July 2019
• Focus instead on that lioness that's giving you the eyes.
  — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• The original image of the lioness is seen in a blog website called the Londolozi blog, according to Reuters.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2018
• Next to the easel on the parquet floor sprawls the golden skin of Fathma, Bonheur’s pet lioness, who roamed freely throughout the chateau and died peacefully here.
  — Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
• Karen is like watching a bored lioness toy with a baby springbok.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2020
• On the day of our visit, Jake chose to stay in his heated den while his neighbor, Mauri, a lioness in the next-door habitat, lazily watched us.
  — Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022
• The mummies found in Saqqara are likely connected to the cat goddess Bastet and her sibling Sekhmet, the warrior goddess with the face of a lioness, says Lord.
  — Antoaneta Roussi, National Geographic, 23 Nov. 2019
• Early in the morning, Boyd watched as these lionesses groomed one of their five cubs in their territory.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2024
• Staff members at the Birmingham Zoo are mourning the loss of their African lioness Akili.
  — Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 20 July 2022
• Whether the lionesses will continue to hang around Torra Bay is an open question.
  — Ryan Truscott, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
• The lioness mauled the woman and caused her serious injury.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• The burly 3-year-old is currently getting used to his new habitat and the three resident lionesses.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 12 Dec. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024