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
What could be more leonine than a personal inferno?
From Los Angeles Times
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
He had a head of “leonine” white hair and an air of nobility.
From Literature
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
