How to Use lam in a Sentence

lam

noun

• Gilbert is still on the lam, while Hale and Mitchell are in custody.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2022
• And the young woman pointing a gun at the camera in the very first scene, already on the lam from the law?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2022
• On assignment years ago, some of her goats went on the lam.
  — Konrad Putzier, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• The suspect fled the scene in a purple Chevy Geo Tracker, and had been on the lam for four days.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 4 Dec. 2020
• The alleged drug trafficker may have had to go on the lam.
  — oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2022
• Off Beckett goes, on the lam, not knowing from whom or why.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
• The farmed fish went on the lam just as native salmon are making their way back to the spawning grounds.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2017
• The Italian Mafia boss who set the record for the longest time on the lam was Bernardo Provenzano.
  — Frances D'emilio, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2023
• Meanwhile, India, the 9-month-old male tiger in question, is still on the lam.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 13 May 2021
• Turns out there’d been a jailbreak from the Pine Street Hotel and the two fellows on the lam were in our back yard.
  — Michael Smerconish, Philly.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• The Amhurst Asylum was abandoned after evil Dr. Amhurst went on the lam.
  — Annie Alleman, Post-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2017
• Two boys went on the lam and did not return to class after recess.
  — cleveland, 9 June 2022
• But when Maben arrives and throws Russell’s life into chaos, the pair end up on the lam.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
• Manuel Marin, 64, fled the country less than a week after the murder and has been on the lam ever since.
  — David Ovalle and Carlos Frías, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
• Cunanan, suspected in the killing of at least four others, went on the lam.
  — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 17 May 2017
• The pigs fought each other and now have scratches, and two rabbits remain on the lam.
  — Julia Wick, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• At least one of Conn's ads, available for all to see on YouTube, suggests that life on the lam is just not his style.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 5 June 2017
• The focus is their efforts to raise their two children while living on the lam.
  — Patrick Cooley, cleveland.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• Kaileigh’s dad, Joe Catalano, said the city could be a dangerous place for young people on the lam.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2021
• Someone get this man his own Grub Street Diet column about life on the lam.
  — Cassandra Pollock, Chron, 12 Aug. 2021
• DeLoach remains on the lam and is facing up the life in prison if caught and convicted.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 May 2022
• Abdullah had been on the lam since the Sunday morning shooting on the train’s last car.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 26 May 2022
• Locating oligarchs on the lam has become a sort of video game for the masses.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2022
• In the meantime, U.S. Marshals continue to searching for Trent, who is still on the lam.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• While Terry was on the lam, police also closed highways and delayed the start of schools.
  — NBC News, 19 June 2021
• Allman was shot to death in a police gunfight after being on the lam for about a day.
  — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 26 June 2019
• After a year on the lam, Remy the orange tabby cat is back with his owner in Naperville.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 2 May 2018
• The next day the prime minister seemed to accept that having a wife on the lam was a distraction from his day job.
  — The Economist, 23 Jan. 2020
• Nearly all of the businesses have filed for bankruptcy, and at least one of their founders appears to be on the lam.
  — Julian Mark, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
• As can happen in Vegas, things get out of hand, and Charlie ends up on the lam, smashing her smartphone with a rock before taking a long pull from a Coors Light and hitting the road.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024