bivouac
Example Sentences
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Earlier on Wednesday, the team issued an update saying the men's backpacks and equipment were found during a search of a bivouac hut they are believed to have sheltered at.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
The bivouac fell into a ravine, but no one happened to be in the building at the time.
From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2023
The whole population was busy all night, and the streets are now like a bivouac with sleeping men.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2021
After getting orders to establish a bivouac site near Airfield 1, Willhite said he then knew the command had come down to settle in for the long haul.
From Washington Times • Mar. 8, 2020
In a great circle, under the starry sky and the waxing moon, they now made their bivouac.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
