The front of the sphinx is to the northwest, and its crouching leonine body continues to the south. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The state increasingly becomes a tool to protect “wage contracts” which are increasingly leonine, that is, based on inequality. From Wordnik.com. [An Introduction to Distributism] Reference
Here he is, a debut author, lounging around Paris cafés and smirking at the hordes of "leonine" Hemingway poseurs. From Wordnik.com. [A Writer’s Brush With Fate] Reference
The image of Theseus is accompanied by a legend in the "leonine" rhythm. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan and Christian Rome] Reference
They then, O king, repeatedly uttered leonine roars. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
His hair was tumbled over his head in a leonine mass. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
A leonine head of shaggy white hair crowns the whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
Dhananjaya blew their conchs and uttered leonine roars. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Every phrase indicating leonine strength was noted down. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Her leonine performance showed Disney it had found its Aida. From Wordnik.com. [Star Over Egypt] Reference
Shalya with a hundred arrows and uttered a loud leonine roar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
The Frenchman's leonine countenance took on a hostile expression. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
The old leonine fellow was transfigured, as though by megalomania. From Wordnik.com. [Sacrifice] Reference
And among the assembled denizens of heaven there arose a leonine roar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Hear, O son of Pandu, the diverse leonine roars coming from every side. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Kennith caused the leonine verses following to be engraved on the chair. From Wordnik.com. [Coronation Anecdotes] Reference
Seeing such wonderful feats in battle, the combatants uttered leonine roars. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Douglas's countenance, on the other hand, was leonine and full of expression. From Wordnik.com. [The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights] Reference
He looked as leonine as ever, and kept winking perseveringly to the Hawickers. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Meanwhile the cat marched back to reclaim the garden savannah's leonine throne. From Wordnik.com. [Knell Quarternion] Reference
The audience roared in contempt while George held his leonine head high, sneering. From Wordnik.com. [Hello, Gorgeous] Reference
Karna proceeded, uttering leonine shouts and causing his car to produce a loud rattle. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Then thy warriors, O king, rushed towards Dhrishtadyumna, uttering loud leonine roars. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Adhiratha's son, making all the points of the compass resound with a loud leonine shout. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Bhima, however, could not bear that leonine roar of his foes endued with great activity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
He gives a leonine, space-filling performance that put me in mind of the young Orson Welles. From Wordnik.com. [Love Among the Redwoods] Reference
Those mighty bowmen are uttering leonine roars, blowing their conchs, and shaking their bows. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
I distinctly remember his full-bearded, leonine face, and little did we know that the fate of the. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
She has not seemed so I-am-woman, hear-me-roar leonine as much as softer, vulnerable, even laid back. From Wordnik.com. [The Passion Of A Champion] Reference
That's true of the book by Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi, with its overtones of a leonine "" Hamlet. ''. From Wordnik.com. [A Magic Kingdom] Reference
The son of Pandu then, covering the son of Drona with a 1,000 well-directed shafts, uttered a leonine roar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
She's like the young Jean Arthur, if that actress had ever worn her hair in such a full-blown, leonine manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Line] Reference
J.hn J. J.yce, a picturesque figure with his leonine head and long white hair and mustache and black sombrero. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
The Greeks equated Ubasti with their Artemis, confusing her with the leonine Tafne, sister of Shöou (Apollo). From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Wolfish rapacity, leonine ferocity, leopardish treachery, gave way before the meekness and mildness of the calf or kid. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
At least, this is the arresting pronouncement delivered with much robust eloquence by my leonine friend, Colonel Bludgeon. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
Beholding those two engaged in dreadful combat, all the great car-warriors uttered leonine shouts and waved their garments. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
We humbug their inexperience with the same nursery fables beneath whose leonine hide our matured vision detects the ass's ears. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
On hearing these words, the Panchalas uttered a loud leonine roar, and the earth was unable to bear the weight of that joyous concourse. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
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