How to Use lair in a Sentence

lair

noun
Definition of lairnext
Synonyms for lairnext
  • She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
  • The steps to his lair are also the same as the Evil Queen’s.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Past a white-walled and concrete-floored gallery space is the duo’s lair.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Kang’s lair is beyond the end of time, as seen in the image above.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 July 2021
  • The island was used as the setting for Safin’s evil lair.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The name honors its roots: For many years, the cocktail lair sold wigs, not hair of the dog.
    — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Sound like something that might guard the lair of a James Bond villain?
    — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Looking for a record on the shelves in his lair, Bussard doesn’t want to hear that kind of talk right now.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 5 June 2022
  • The bleached look of the Harkonnen’s world contrasts brilliantly with the earth tones of the Fremen’s desert lairs.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • For Safin’s lair, that was the inner hallway of our hallway set.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Jan. 2022
  • For those who cleave to beauty's tyranny and are happy in its lair.
    — Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Its lair, a form of Labyrinth, lay deep in the guts of America’s economy.
    — Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Her campmates took shifts, acting as standby gods in the lair when the chair sat empty.
    — Leora Smith, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • James Bond found the man who stole his identity at his island lair.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Charlie Puth’s private lair could be just one call away!
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This episode was written by Buffy alum Jane Espenson, so yes, of course, there’s a lair.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2021
  • If cast in a movie, the Dupont Circle Metro station might be both monster and its monstrous lair.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
  • This illusion makes the long narrow windows seem as far away as a lair atop a cliff.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Fish conducts the scene that takes place in Jud’s lair in engulfing darkness.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Upon finding his lair, the team invited him up for a game.
    — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Trade your resources for ships, pirate lairs, and more while avoiding the spooky Ghost Captain.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Agatha might still be plying tricks on Wanda’s mind in her dungeon lair.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Mar. 2021
  • If not, a golden retriever will slowly hoard them throughout the day and bring them back to his lair.
    — Lauren Young, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2019
  • He’s drawn out of his lair, reluctantly, when a West Point cadet’s body is found hanging from a tree.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
  • For Harley this means assembling her own crew, finding a new lair and pulling off enough big heists to get noticed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Has the creature from Jekyll Island retreated to its lair?
    — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2020
  • In the trailer for the new ten-episode series, victims are tortured in a serial killer’s cliché lair.
    — Vulture, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Over in Dragonstone, Daemon scales down a cliff into Syrax’s lair to find the dragon has laid three eggs.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Bond battling the villain at their volcanic lair or base, Bond lures the villain onto his home turf.
    — Phil Pirrello, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Of course, the most famous filming location of all is the home’s attic—aka Vecna’s lair.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2022

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