lion

Example Sentences

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Zookeepers intend to introduce him soon to a new sibling — Clover, a female mountain lion cub rescued from El Dorado County earlier in March.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The lion doesn’t go after the strongest, he said, “they find the one that they think is weaker, more vulnerable, and that’s the one that they get.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Preston is a corporate titan living out his lion in winter phase.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

The Barbary lionesses, Thheiba and Fidda, were 22-years-old and were the remaining two females of a pride at Belfast Zoo, with one male lion named Qays left.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

The lion craned its neck through a hole maybe a foot over his head.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny