Example sentences for: lair

How can you use “lair” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • By a.d. 900, the Hong Kong islands had become a lair for pirates preying on the shipping in the Pearl River Delta and causing a major headache for burgeoning Guangzhou; small bands of pirates were still operating into the early years of the 20th century.

  • He set up an intricate plan for military rebellion across the Reich and took it upon himself to bring a bomb into Hitler's "Wolf's Lair" compound in East Prussia.

  • The last and most nearly effective of the plots was Stauffenberg's, which hinged not only on the bomb he brought into Hitler's "Wolf's Lair" headquarters in East Prussia, but also on coordinated strikes against the Nazi power structure in Berlin and all across Europe.

  • A US purchase of the island from Spain had long been on the agenda, even though Martí had warned of becoming a satellite of the United States (“I know the Monster, because I have lived in its lair,” he wrote).

  • Your click sets off an alarm in their lair, Shuman kicks awake his nearest dozing acolyte, and he or she will personally retype the Slate article in question and e-mail it to anyone you choose.


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