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

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

Chapter Eleven’s previously lank hair was now leonine in back, while the front retreated.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides