Used in a Sentence

lioness

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lioness.

Editorial note

Is it pro-genetic-survival in some very broad sense for a lioness to care for a baby leopard?

Examples17
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A female lion (animal).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of lioness gathered in one view.

noun

A female lion (animal).

noun

(figurative) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).

noun

(soccer) A player for England women's national football team

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lioness.

noun

A female lion (animal).

noun

(figurative) A female lion (famous person regarded with interest and curiosity).

noun

(soccer) A player for England women's national football team

Example sentences

1

Is it pro-genetic-survival in some very broad sense for a lioness to care for a baby leopard?

2

E.g., a lioness whose cubs died will allow piglets to feed, which will placate motherly instincts.

3

But if you called anyone a Lion or Lioness it would be perceived as a compliment.

4

YZ, but natural defense like the gazelle getting lucky impailing the lioness.

5

The main point was that the lioness was, in fact, a boar.

6

It saved its friend from being eaten by the lioness even!

7

I actually watched a short the other day where a wildebeest horns a lioness throwing her high in the air a couple of times.

8

Yeah, like when they tell a story of a lioness, for example, but, occasionally, you can tell the lioness in the shot is not the same one, or the shot was taken before the one that preceded it.

9

What, no more lioness on the cheese-grater?

10

In truth, Kimba is actually just trying to climb out of a small hole with a spiked trap at the bottom of it, and the female lioness herself gets herself caught in trouble soon after that.

11

At first I thought it was fake or that the guy would get away, but when I realized it was real and saw him getting more and more tired of fighting the lioness off, I started feeling sick.

12

(With millions of peers that means hundreds of SQL queries per second just to maintain your swarm) Some other cool trackers to look at are Shadowolf (although I believe that's discontinued, sadly) and Lioness if that's floating around anywhere (What.

Quote examples

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At least some of the books are begging for a film adaptation - say, "The Lioness and Her Knight".

2

That's a girls-vs-guys team game with Lioness, against the legendary "kiln" (Mr_1994) and "Arch-Angel" (Stan), at the Descent in Denver LAN in August.

3

I was unaware that Veronica Mars, Sons of Anarchy, Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Lioness, and Landman were considered "Westerns" (in the USofA sense).

4

The point clearly still stands: every species on the planet has a long list of attributes and behaviors directly attributable to evolution and “pretraining.” And many, many more based on education (the things a lioness teaches her cubs.) I’m not sure we would call anyone intelligent today if they had no education.

Proper noun examples

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Of course, that doesn't mean that women haven't been involved in combat; sometimes they have by accident, or in many cases they have through loopholes or trial programs like the Marine Corps Lioness's program.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use lioness in a sentence?

Is it pro-genetic-survival in some very broad sense for a lioness to care for a baby leopard?

What does lioness mean?

A female lion (animal).

What part of speech is lioness?

lioness is commonly used as noun.