Sentences with lest
lest
L l - I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me.
- He fled the country lest he be captured and imprisoned
- But lest readers and neophyte inquirers get the whole thing wrong.
- Instead of talking, they prefer to stay tight-lipped and not say a word, lest they encounter more pain.
- He was alarmed lest she should find out
- Speak low lest you be overheard
- Almost a decade ago, it was a must for every event to bring a couple of rolls of film, lest someone misses those essential candid shots.
- Afraid lest he should fail us
- Stay free from petty jealousies / Live by no man's code / And hold your judgment for yourself / Lest you wind up on this road
- Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.