Examples of lair in a Sentence
Noun
tracking the bear back to its lair
She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
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Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
Martini stories operate in a glamorous world where bad guys live in lairs, femmes fatales wait at every backgammon table, and our hero drives fast cars and seldom takes off a tuxedo.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Two days later, the mountain lion heads toward the log for a mid-afternoon nap but pauses to investigate the various scents around its lair.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2025
Martini stories operate in a glamorous world where bad guys live in lairs, femmes fatales wait at every backgammon table, and our hero drives fast cars and seldom takes off a tuxedo.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The latter here is represented via a large puppet created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and the walk-through experience will take us from taverns to the back alley of a marketplace to the beholder’s lair.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Perhaps by taking the critter back to its lair at the heart of the island, the girl will be able to reconcile the comforts of home with the call of the wild.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lair
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“Lair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lair. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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