shelter
Example Sentences
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She said her family could not afford rents elsewhere in Lebanon, and she worried about moving her elderly parents and husband, who uses a walking stick, into a shelter.
From BBC
Through the trees, he glimpsed a great dark shadow in the wreck of the shelter.
From Literature
Afghanistan denies that it provides shelter to militants who attack Pakistan.
Authorities in Lebanon said more than one million people have registered as displaced since March 2, with more than 130,000 people staying in upwards of 600 collective shelters.
From Barron's
In 1990, Congress authorized giving temporary shelter to non-citizens from countries experiencing armed conflict, natural disaster or “extraordinary and temporary conditions” that prevent them from returning there.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
