LION in a Sentence

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122 example sentences for LION, such as:
1. Every dog is a lion at home.
2. The lion is beyond the trees.
3. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
4. A living dog is better than a dead lion.
5. The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of LION
lion
 n.  large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
 n.  (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
Classic Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
1  Prefects of the police do not deem it possible that a cat can transform itself into a lion; that does happen, however, and in that lies the miracle wrought by the populace of Paris.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—AT BOMBARDA'S
2  On the horizon through the trees, he perceived a sort of little elevation, and on this elevation something which at that distance resembled a lion.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER I—WHAT IS MET WITH ON THE WAY FROM NIVELLES
3  It was there that the lion has been placed, the involuntary symbol of the supreme heroism of the Imperial Guard.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—A
4  It was not worth while to place a lion there.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—QUOT LIBRAS IN DUCE?
5  He thought himself stronger than he was, and believed that he could play at the game of the mouse and the lion.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
6  On the first goblet this inscription could be read, monkey wine; on the second, lion wine; on the third, sheep wine; on the fourth, hog wine.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IX—A CENTURY UNDER A GUIMPE
7  The old lion seemed to scent an unknown monster in that gloom.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER V—ORIGINALITY OF PARIS
8  They gazed into the dark barricade as one would gaze into a lion's den.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 14: CHAPTER IV—THE BARREL OF POWDER
9  When a man is as much in love as a tiger, the least that he can do is to fight like a lion.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIV—WHEREIN WILL APPEAR THE NAME OF ENJOLRAS' MIS...
10  Jean Valjean remained inert beneath Javert's grasp, like a lion submitting to the claws of a lynx.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—MARIUS PRODUCES ON SOME ONE WHO IS A JUDGE OF ...
11  The cardinal could not drive from his mind the fear he entertained of his terrible emissary--for he comprehended the strange qualities of this woman, sometimes a serpent, sometimes a lion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 51 OFFICER
12  The idea was not that of a Christian, I knew; but without doubt, that eternal enemy of our souls, that lion roaring constantly around us, breathed it into my mind.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
13  "My turn," said Athos, himself trembling as the lion trembles at the sight of the serpent--"my turn.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 65 TRIAL
14  It's as if tha'd walked straight into a lion's den.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
15  And at last the man yielded with a heavy heart, and took the rose; and said he would give the lion whatever should meet him first on his return.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In LILY AND THE LION
Example Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1  Reputable charities spend the lion's share of donations on aid and a tiny fraction on administration.
2  A lion's head was among the trophies of his African trip.
3  The word "lion"denotes a certian kind of animal.
4  The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
5  A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
6  Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion.
7  Destroy the lion while he is yet but a whelp.
8  The fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.
9  An army of stags led by a lion would be more formidable than one of lions led by a stag.
10  A living dog is better than a dead lion.
11  A barking dog is better than a sleeping lion.
12  The lion is beyond the trees.
13  As usual , the lion's share of the budget is for defence.
14  That candidate is an ass in a lion's skin, he would never have the courage to stand up for any cause.
15  Every dog is a lion at home.