1
: long and heavy hair growing about the neck and head of some mammals (such as horses and lions)
2
: long heavy hair on a person's head
Examples of mane in a Sentence
an actor with a thick mane of silver hair
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Renard, playing at right-back with her warrior-mode hairstyle like the mane of a lion, recalls the opening minutes of the 2011 final being a fierce battle.
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Other exciting performers on the mane stage include Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Shaboozey, Dasha, Midland, Flatland Cavalry, Scotty McCreery and more.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Six of the lions are rendered in vivid detail, with their muscular bodies and flowing manes, while the seventh is only a simple line sketch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
It’s got about half the caffeine of a cup of coffee and a nice coconut flavor thanks to a bit of powdered coconut milk, and, importantly for a mushroom coffee, not too much fungi flavor despite the inclusion of lion’s mane, reishi, and cordyceps.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Other exciting performers on the mane stage include Brothers Osborne, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Shaboozey, Dasha, Midland, Flatland Cavalry, Scotty McCreery and more.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Six of the lions are rendered in vivid detail, with their muscular bodies and flowing manes, while the seventh is only a simple line sketch.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
It’s got about half the caffeine of a cup of coffee and a nice coconut flavor thanks to a bit of powdered coconut milk, and, importantly for a mushroom coffee, not too much fungi flavor despite the inclusion of lion’s mane, reishi, and cordyceps.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mane
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“Mane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mane. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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