How to Use lion in a Sentence

lion

noun
  • He was a literary lion among the writers of his time.
  • And Ras has the head of a black lion and a weird beard.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • The real-life lion king of the Serengeti has died in Africa.
    — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Most small dog breeds have the heart of a lion and the swagger to go with it.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Woman's Day, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And this will be a sign unto you: the lamb will lie down with the lion.
    — Bruce Headlam, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • But that doesn’t account for the lion’s share of the story.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The prowling lion goes first, the guardian cat goes next.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022
  • In the piece a lion, shown head-on, has clamped down on the back of a bull, carved in profile.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • Connect the dots, and there’s Wario as an archer, a snake or a lion.
    — Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • There’s a lion, a tiger, a camel, a stork — even a sea monster.
    — WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • The lion has made his home in Griffith Park for a decade.
    — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • In 2020, the lion’s share of the passing game flowed through Olave and Wilson.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And Gene’s Sheriff Little Bill had the lion’s share of the lines.
    — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The lion’s share of the rest legally must go to schools — $37 billion.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • The cost of crude oil accounts for the lion’s share of what drivers pay at the pump, though.
    — Kara Dapena, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Not bad for a guy who walked in not knowing a lion from a tiger.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Jonathan Taylor, now a star running back for the Colts, did a lion’s share of the work.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 May 2022
  • In a flat first half, Indiana’s first five did the lion’s share of the Hoosiers’ best work.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Their bite is almost three times stronger than that of a lion.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The lion’s share of small business owners don’t have much of a say.
    — J.d. Crowe | Jdcrowe@al.com, al, 22 Oct. 2021
  • The officer arrived to find the dead lion — a 95-pound female — on the hood of the man’s Jeep.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Once, Siegfried failed to escape the clutches of a lion that went off-script and bit his arm.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2022
  • To create, cut the lion's ears and face shapes from felt and attach with hot glue.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The lion is a symbol of England, and appears on the royal coat of arms.
    — Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
  • And that pet lion causes so much chaos in the prison that Le Mec's able to escape.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • They're known to be lively, cuddly, and of course, brave as a lion.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 3 May 2022
  • Think of a lion's mane, a peacock's feathers or a stag's antlers.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Sep. 2021
  • While in the magical land, the kids meet a lion who recruits them to defeat the wicked witch, Jadis.
    — Madison Douglas, Seventeen, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The lion was within seconds of reaching the children when, out of the blue, Aries swooped from the sky like a cruise missile.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The lion’s share of analysts have hold ratings on the stock, according to LSEG.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025

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