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Example Sentences
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Not one to throw carrots, lest you want carrots thrown at you, if you get my meaning.”
From Literature
In the mid-19th century, do-gooders such as William Alcott and Sarah Josepha Hale began urging children be fed a bland diet, lest rich flavoring imperil their health and futures.
He promiscuously puts his name on everything this side of the moon, and I probably shouldn’t even mention that particular satellite, lest he get ideas.
From Slate
In both cases, the outside world was careful not to investigate what was taking place, lest it be forced to act.
And, lest we forget, it was only halftime.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
