bomb shelter

Example Sentences

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In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

At least three times a week, Oleksandr Ryabov climbs into a bomb shelter in the southern Ukrainian city of Bashtanka and waits for his students to arrive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

"I live in Jerusalem. Every building has a bomb shelter. Every neighbourhood has a public bomb shelter."

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

I jumped out of the bomb shelter and ran after it like I was Orville Wright chasing after his brother, Wilbur.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos