Example sentences for: lair

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

  • When a pol hates something these days, it's never a proposal; it's a scheme, as if Snidely Wiplash cooked it up in his evil lair.

  • James Bond, on the other hand, is always poking about in some villain's undersea lair, and his attempts at repartee are just parody bait.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • Both the NYT and the WP report that this coming Sunday night, "60 Minutes" producer Don Hewitt will appear on the show to apologize for a previous broadcast of footage about the Colombian drug trade (purchased from a documentary-maker) that is now known to be fake, with actors playing drug dealers and a drug lair turning out to be a film-maker's hotel room.


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