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Example sentences for: lest

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

He worried also lest Pakistani authorities not get adequate warning, think the missiles came from India, RESPONSES TO AL QAEDA'S INITIAL ASSAULTS 135 and do something that everyone would later regret.
It is used to play on the fear of the people lest they elect a vice president unsuitable to become president, a position he might have to fill at a moment's notice.
Lest anyone point out the abstractness and obviousness of these commitments, Bush says they stand in "stark contrast to the last few decades, when our culture has clearly said, 'If it feels good, do it, and if you've got a problem, blame somebody else.
His charge is asleep, the grandfather clock ticks peacefully in the background, but Gramps is too frightened to move, lest he disturb the infant.
Lest one slip into thinking this is something only "they" do, the NYT and LAT go top-of-the-page with an Associated Press scoop that former American soldiers have recently revealed that in the early days of the Korean War, they machine-gunned as many as several hundred Korean refugees.