leonine

Example Sentences

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A garment on the ground catches his eye; when he puts it on, a vest with leonine markings that matches the fabric around his waist, he seems imbued with a newfound power and responsibility.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

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

The series was created by American writer David Jenkins and produced by the prolific Taika Waititi, who also stars as Blackbeard, to whom he brings a leonine grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

She restrains from belting these lines out with her usual, leonine force, finding delicate new tones that double down on the song's devastating emotional impact.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2021

Its body was leonine, deep yellow, with paws as large as Christopher’s torso.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell