How to use lest in a sentence

Examples of lest by meaning

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• Be cautious talking about religion or politics, lest you touch off an argument.From the entry touch off
• The walker held with a death grip to his stick lest he drop it down the hill.From the entry death grip
• I advise that you refrain from using that kind of language at home, lest your mother scold you.From the entry scold
• Care must be taken lest the machine parallelize the fibers.From the entry parallelize
• Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.From the entry bawty
• Lest he be typecast as a bananaphile, he’s rather fond of palm trees too.2018, Christopher Woods, “Quinta da Granja”, in Gardenlust: A Botanical Tour of the World’s Best New Gardens, Portland, Or.: Timber Press…. From the entry bananaphile
• But lest we be accused of textual goropism, we should take a closer look at the evidence.2017, David Grant, “Babylon: The Cipher and Rosetta Stone”, in In Search of the Lost Testament of Alexander the Great, Kibworth Beauchamp…. From the entry goropism
• We try not to study them too blatantly lest personal misunderstandings arise.2017, James Kelman, That Was a Shiver and Other Stories, Canongate Books, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry barstaff
• Besides, there's an old saying: peek not through a knothole, lest ye be vexxed.2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 836. From the entry knothole
• He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value.1997, Harold Clurman, On Directing, page 12. From the entry fat
• I may not evermore acknowledge thee, lest my bewiled guilt should do thee shame.1995, Constance O'Banyon, La Flamme. From the entry bewile
• The group moved away from the main windows lest an observer psyche out their plot.1979, Donald Thompson, Ancient Enemy, page 87. From the entry chalken
• Lest we forget, our new Associette Kardos, really takes the flicker out of the fluorescents.1943, Jahco News, volume 2, number 4, Jack & Heintz. From the entry associette
• I fear lest we have lost ours (non grant it!) respecting these wildy parts.1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC…. From the entry beastful
• Beware lest thy mind be swayed by the brow-beating of the Demons.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 26. From the entry browbeat
• Extreme caution must be observed lest the heart by rapid perfusion be subjected to an overconcentrated solution.1909, Charles Wilson Greene, Experimental Pharmacology: A Laboratory Guide for the Study of the Physiological Action of Drugs, P.…. From the entry overconcentrated
• He, however, who would be a firstling, let him take care lest he also become a lastling!1909, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Oscar Levy, The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, page 357. From the entry lastling
• I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.1901, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch. From the entry duck-footed
• He added, however, that the system operator is unlikely to use the cellphone alert often, lest Californians start to ignore it.2022 September 7, Jill Cowan, Shawn Hubler, Ivan Penn, “California Leaders Credit Cellphone Alert for Sudden Conservation”, in The New…. From the entry diminishing returns
• Blacks are treated as so weak that they cannot be disagreed with, criticized, or asked anything, lest they be irreparably harmed.2022, Rosalie Pedalino Porter, America Challenged: The New Politics of Race, Education, and Culture (page 72). From the entry black fragility
• Lest anyone doubt the importance of rapid scaling and network effects, the Frightful Five benefit(ed) from these factors.2017 September/October, Shane Greenstein, “Insider Privileges”, in IEEE Micro, volume 37, number 5. From the entry Frightful Five
• Nobody gets to be an undermanager lest they're getting on a bit, never mind how clever they are.2017, Maggie Hope, The Coal Miner's Daughter, →ISBN. From the entry undermanager
• Brown the Pajata over a gentle flame, gently stirring the rings about lest they form crusts, stick, and break apart.2013 April 19, Kyle Phillips, “La Pajata”, in Cosa Bolle in Pentola — Italy. Food. Travel. Wine. Culture.. From the entry pajata
• It must be removed at once, lest it disturb the young and arouse in adults the most prurient thoughts.2010 [2008], Stephen Sartarelli, Love and the Erotic in Art, US: John Paul Getty Trust, translation of Amore ed erotismo by Stefano Zuffi…. From the entry prurient
• I would estimate that these modest improvements, which cost lest than £20 in total, have quadrebled how good the guitar is.2008 September 7, Nico Adie, “Anybody played the P90 Squier tele?”, in Electrical Audio (Usenet). From the entry quadreble
• Let him go back to his home, lest he melt the heart of his brothers, like his heart!"2007, Murray Polner, Stefan Merken, Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition, →ISBN, page 254. From the entry gentle-hearted
• A touch of truthache essentials, lest sharper drama too soon becloak our stage, and weary our watchers of our play."2007, Jack Womack, Elvissey. From the entry becloak
• I say this not for your benefit, my dear friend, but lest some chorizont seek to sow discord between us.2005, Jacob Burckhardt, Maurizio Ghelardi, Italian Renaissance Painting According to Genres, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry chorizont
• If the movie was a dud, people would want to distance themselves from everyone involved, lest they be tainted by loserishness.2000, Carol Wolper, The Cigarette Girl, page 237. From the entry loserishness
• Humanism needs the Christian faith lest it reduce man to a thing and become what MacGregor calls hominism.1964, Journal of Bible and Religion - Volume 32, page 179. From the entry hominism
• Furthermore, he should not attempt to crowd his stage too much, lest the dramatis personae overwhelm his audience.1963, Sumner Chilton Powell, “Introduction”, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, Wesleyan University Press. From the entry commonwealth
• Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned.1963, Martin Luther King, Jr., “Transformed Nonconformist”, in Strength to Love, New York: Pocket Books, published 1964, →OCLC, page 13. From the entry discrimination
• Run, oh splay-footed loafer, lest I pay you bamboo baksheesh.1939, “Running Commentary”, in Punch, volume 196, page 280. From the entry bamboo baksheesh
• In the mirrorful elevator a few women looked at him with dread lest his soppiness should smirch their fabrics.1921, Rupert Hughes, Beauty, Harper & Brothers, page 152. From the entry mirrorful
• As for yon clod of clay, we will bury it later, lest it should pollute so goodly a pool.1903, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine. From the entry clod
• They well knew that his unalterable rule in public life was “never commit thineself, lest it be your undoing.”1900 November 5, “Disgusted by Dockery. Thousand Left Kansas City Hall When He Began to Speak. […]”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume…. From the entry thineself

Meaning of lest

1. conjunction For fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.
2. conjunction That (without the negative particle; introduces the reason for an emotion.).

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Questions about lest in a sentence

How do you use lest in a sentence?

Lest is used as a conjunction. For example: “He won't go outside, lest he be eaten by those ravenous eagles.”

What is a short sentence with lest?

“Bourdna wi' bawty lest he bite ye.”

What does lest mean?

Lest means for fear that; that not; in order to prevent something from happening; in case.