leonine

Example Sentences

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Mustaine says, rubbing a forefinger over his black knit cap that hides his leonine locks.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

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

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

“Lady Killer” stars the leonine Jean Gabin as Lucien, a womanizing legionnaire.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

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

Its body was leonine, but its face, furred and matted with dirt, had human eyes and a human nose and mouth.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell