leonine
Example Sentences
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Encountering again the fuzz and warmth of Mandela’s leonine tones, Stengel realized something: He had a podcast on his hands.
From New York Times
Magazines often shoot him in profile; his striking, leonine features call to mind the dreamboats of Old Hollywood, like Cary Grant by way of Versace.
From New York Times
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
The action star rose because of his cocky charm and the ease with which he imparted a leonine intensity, shifting to softy mode at the drop of a hat.
From New York Times
They are shaggily dressed in furs of tawny and buff, with bulky, leonine ruffs around their necks.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
