lair

Example Sentences

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In Pakula’s “All the President’s Men,” The Washington Post newsroom functions almost like a secret lair, a place where the good guys can hide out and compile their facts.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

That excludes costs for the large Lego mosaic she commissioned for outside the basement room that’s become her Lego lair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

Yes, my audience giggled dutifully at the jiggling Jell-O salads and drooled over the groovy conversation pits in the Richards’ living room, the only super lair I’d ever live in.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

He’s retreated to his lair and he is letting his lawyers do all of the dirty work.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2025

So that didn’t seem particularly homicidal, but maybe he’s trying to relax me, ease me into his lair, like the witch in Hansel and Gretel.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson