leonine

Example Sentences

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He comes to the Proms with the Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra, to play Mahler's leonine fifth symphony.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

What could be more leonine than a personal inferno?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 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

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 • Nov. 30, 2022

They moved like a silent grieving army, and all who saw them drew back in fear and awe at the looks on their leonine faces.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell