How to Use lair in a Sentence

lair

noun
  • She runs the project from her private lair in the suburbs.
  • 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
  • For those who cleave to beauty's tyranny and are happy in its lair.
    — Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Cheetah cubs spend their first two months hidden in a lair while their mother hunts.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • James Bond found the man who stole his identity at his island lair.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2020
  • The lair goes undetected for six months.
    — Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This illusion makes the long narrow windows seem as far away as a lair atop a cliff.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Sound like something that might guard the lair of a James Bond villain?
    — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020
  • For Safin’s lair, that was the inner hallway of our hallway set.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Agatha might still be plying tricks on Wanda’s mind in her dungeon lair.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Her campmates took shifts, acting as standby gods in the lair when the chair sat empty.
    — Leora Smith, Longreads, 10 Aug. 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
  • Transform your home into a lair of creepy crawlers with oversized spiders and thick spider webs.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Fish conducts the scene that takes place in Jud’s lair in engulfing darkness.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Play short-order cook, throw swords, pilfer donuts from a dragon’s lair, and more in this raucous party game.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • In the trailer for the new ten-episode series, victims are tortured in a serial killer’s cliché lair.
    — Vulture, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Or a James Bond baddie throwing world-ending tantrums in some faraway lair.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 12 July 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
  • Its lair, a form of Labyrinth, lay deep in the guts of America’s economy.
    — Yanis Varoufakis, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Evil man leaves boy to drown, but dog saves boy and leads police to the villain’s lair where a sinister plot is uncovered.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 30 Mar. 2022
  • The spider lair is dark, static and repetitive with a lot of webs and not much interaction.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The set feels less like a ’90s living room than a cozy villain’s lair, warm but volatile (and easily set ablaze).
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 May 2026
  • Trade your resources for ships, pirate lairs, and more while avoiding the spooky Ghost Captain.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023
  • His idea was to build a lair that was befitting of Dracula, but in a negative space.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2023
  • At one point Fiennes’ Kelson, in his lonely lair, glances at a snapshot he’s pinned to his wall.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This episode was written by Buffy alum Jane Espenson, so yes, of course, there’s a lair.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Regardless, the small lady leads Paula right to Dennis’ lair.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 1 July 2026

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