plural lions
1
a
or plural lion
: a large heavily built social cat (Panthera leo) of open or rocky areas chiefly of sub-Saharan Africa though once widely distributed throughout Africa and southern Asia that has a tawny body with a tufted tail and a shaggy blackish or dark brown mane in the male
b
: any of several large wildcats
especially
: cougar sense 1
c
capitalized
: leo
2
a
: a person felt to resemble a lion (as in courage or ferocity)
b
: a person of outstanding interest or importance
a literary lion
3
capitalized
[Lions (club)]
: a member of a major national and international service club
Examples of lion in a Sentence
the roar of the lion
He was a literary lion among the writers of his time.
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In Africa, Bear along with his white hunter and natives were pinned in a small brush blind for half a night by a lion that could have jumped in on them at any second.
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Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Letting the lion off leash In the screenplay, written by Tipping, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie, Withers' Cameron Cade is the golden boy of college football.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
To modern sky-watchers the Sickle outlines the majestic head and mane of a great westward-facing lion.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Then a lion’s roar broke across the plain.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025
Letting the lion off leash In the screenplay, written by Tipping, Zack Akers, and Skip Bronkie, Withers' Cameron Cade is the golden boy of college football.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
To modern sky-watchers the Sickle outlines the majestic head and mane of a great westward-facing lion.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Then a lion’s roar broke across the plain.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lion
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“Lion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lion. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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