lair

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2025

He joked, “Shouldn’t this gathering be happening in a volcano’s lair near Zurich? Or are we just open-sourcing the Illuminati now?”

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Tom Francis plays Joe Gillis, the down-on-his-luck screenwriter, who gets caught in the web of Norma Desmond’s spider lair on Sunset Boulevard.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

The old one opened his mind, but it was the new one that climbed inside, turned several circles, and settled in with a grunt—like a satisfied dragon in a cozy new lair.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor