leonine

Example Sentences

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Mustaine says, rubbing a forefinger over his black knit cap that hides his leonine locks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

He comes to the Proms with the Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, to play Mahler's leonine fifth symphony.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

What looked on the picture to be a long, leonine dangling tail with a bob at the end could have been a shadow cast by vegetation.

From Reuters • Jul. 21, 2023

Brian Cox, who for three-plus seasons played Logan with a mercurial, leonine ferocity, seemed as surprised as anyone to learn that his character was fated for such a swift demise.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2023

No one else seemed to know quite what to say, and then Jasper was there — tall and leonine.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer