take shelter

Example Sentences

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Inmates take shelter at the buzz of drones sweeping overhead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

All those around Sharif are fleeing, but he refuses to leave his home, although he eventually sends the rest of the family to take shelter in nearby Nablus.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

"We are still asking people in the area to take shelter until we can determine what is happening," police said on social media shortly after 7pm.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

At the start of the film, a woodcutter and a priest take shelter from intense rain in the ruins of the mighty Rashomon Gate in Kyoto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

"We can buy new mounts there, or else take shelter at Harrenhal. That's Lady Whent's seat, and she's always been a friend o' the Watch."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin