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
• 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
• Their bite is almost three times stronger than that of a lion.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• Women hold the lion’s share of nominations in record of the year, album of the year and the pop categories.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• Laughter and gossip filled the blue cocoon of Le B as the party crescendoed with a lion dance.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
• On the bow rode a sixteen-foot wooden carving of a lion, painted bright red.
  — David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• So get out there and let others hear that beautiful lion roar of yours.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2023
• But at least that one had a fey Robert Pattinson in a headdress cradling a couple of lion cubs.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
• My son was in food lion yesterday and could see all the girls dancing in skant (sic) clothing.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
• The wedding also featured a lion, which replaced the tiger.
  — Andrew Zucker, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• Reishi, lion’s mane, turkey tail— those mushrooms have been used for thousands of years by the Chinese and folks in Asia.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
• Bonzie deserves the lion’s share of the praise, as one of few cast members to play the same character in both time periods.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• The crowd circled four stone lions that guard the roundabout’s central island.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Watch this video to see how people train to become fearless lions.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
• Even more stark is that the lion’s share of his money came from donors who gave the legal maximum in the primary of $3,300.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 23 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024