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Example Sentences
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Many must gather secretly, careful not to arrive all at once or sing too loudly, lest mobs or police hear about it.
Lest anyone think that it’s easy for a three-time Oscar winner to make a movie these days, Brooks is happy to differ, saying it is as hard for him as for anyone else.
From Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday, after months without seeing her cardiologist, Newman was admitted to Huntington Hospital gasping for air, afraid to even close her eyes at night lest her daughter wake up an orphan.
From Los Angeles Times
The messages indicated that Mr. Rehl was planning to fight his charges at trial — a fact that the other agent asked Agent Miller not to reveal to the prosecutors on the case, lest they “freak out.”
From New York Times
She laments the fact that she now has to wear makeup and get dressed up whenever she leaves the house, lest she be recognized in her pajamas at the grocery store.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
