Example sentences for: lest

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

  • Lest anyone confuse these demands with negotiation, Albright insisted, "We're not trying to please President Milosevic.

  • Lest we think of Tokaimura residents as monolithically hysterical, the WP runs a story inside on locals impervious to panic.

  • But Safire knew better than to fight the tides of history and included the word in his political dictionary, lest that weighty tome prove useless to future generations.

  • I am on the verge of suggesting another restaurant, lest I "collide" with the other man.

  • Reports indicate that Lewinsky thanked Clinton's lawyers for the apology and that she responded carefully and unhelpfully to Bryant's questions, lest she contradict her previous testimony and get herself into more trouble with Starr.


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