Used in a Sentence

lions

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

Editorial note

Saying Go is memory safe [1] is like saying a lamb is safe among a heard of hungry lions.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

Meaning at a glance

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

noun

(sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

noun

(cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.

noun

(soccer) Singapore national football team

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for lions.

noun

(sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

noun

(cricket) The Sri Lanka national cricket team.

noun

(soccer) Singapore national football team

Example sentences

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Saying Go is memory safe [1] is like saying a lamb is safe among a heard of hungry lions.

2

A lamb among lions is clearly very unsafe, but Go isn't unsafe; you just agreed with me on this.

3

The evolutionary gap between lions and humans is only in the tens of millions of years.

4

For whatever reason, videogames seem to have the lions share of work being done right now.

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This seems kind of like closing the barn door after the horse has already gotten out (and lions have eaten the horse).

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We certainly don't condemn lions as immoral for killing and eating antelope; or the mallard for reproducing forcibly with a less than willing female.

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There isn't a surplus of lions causing some of them to starve.

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The lions share of bug bounty reporters are from overseas.

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Sharks swimming with fish; lions lounging near gazelles; etc, etc.

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I also believe that Lions that rest near gazelles is a different scenario.

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When lions fight, they stop as soon as they know who's going to win -- the losing lion would rather walk away with his life than force the winner to kill him.

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The real problem is that 9 of each 10 living lions in Africa had disappeared in just one generation and this is a problem because environmental services provided by lions are the direct responsible for saving the lives of a lot of african people each year.

Quote examples

1

Is it OK to extinct dolphins and lions, since we are a "superior species"?

2

I really dislike framing in terms of "freedom of speech." Many of the first lions of free speech: John Milton, Thomas Paine, and John Stuart Mill...

Proper noun examples

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Lions who upvote the most caustic, brutal, and incisive questions they can come up with, focusing the community's attention and demanding more of public figures in a way no one could have predicted in 1995 or even 2005.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use lions in a sentence?

Saying Go is memory safe [1] is like saying a lamb is safe among a heard of hungry lions.

What does lions mean?

(sports) any sports team nicknamed the "Lions".

What part of speech is lions?

lions is commonly used as noun.