bomb shelter

Example Sentences

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From inside the public bomb shelter, we scan the sky.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Located in the city center, the Donetsk Regional Academic Drama Theater became a makeshift bomb shelter in the immediate days after the invasion, housing up to 1,500 Mariupoltsi pursuing refuge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The Wende Museum in Culver City opened its doors in 2017 inside a former 1949 atomic bomb shelter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

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

I asked all my friends at school if any of them had a bomb shelter anyway, because I wanted to reserve space in it if they did.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals