Lioness

Examples

• Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The lioness was intently watching Tarzan, evidently expecting him to return to shore, but this the boy had no intention of doing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Lioness, she has found her captor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• So the scream of Sabor, the lioness, galvanized the brain and muscles of little Tarzan into instant action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Though he knew that the lioness would make short work of both of them, he pulled with a will to keep it from Jane Porter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Near the middle of the book he found his old enemy, Sabor, the lioness, and further on, coiled Histah, the snake. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The lioness was now back in the path where she could see the author of the indignity which had been placed upon her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Quickly she snatched it from its hiding-place, and, leveling it full at the lioness's face, pulled the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I was not made so enduring to be mated with a lamb; I should find more congenial responsibility in the charge of a young lioness or leopardess. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• At last came she whom Tarzan sought, with lithe sinews rolling beneath shimmering hide; fat and glossy came Sabor, the lioness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Esmeralda thought that the noise upon the door was made by the lioness in her attempts to pursue her, so, after her custom, she fainted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Weaker and weaker became the lioness's efforts. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Quick was Sabor, the lioness, and quick were Numa and Sheeta, but Tarzan of the Apes was lightning. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• If he could catch his fellow apes with his long arm of many grasses, why not Sabor, the lioness? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• With a roar the lioness turned completely over upon her back, falling full upon her enemy; but the black-haired giant only closed tighter his hold. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• If one feigns death lions and lionesses are supposed to ignore one, according to Mr. Philander's faulty memory. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Edited by Cecilia