sheltered

Example Sentences

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More than 41,000 people - including almost 4,500 children - sheltered underground in the Kyiv metro overnight, a record number in recent years, the metro company said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Manufacturing giant China has been comparatively sheltered from fuel shortages thanks to oil reserves and renewable energy, but local factories are picking up a ballooning raw materials bill.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Khalil’s colleagues began a desperate race to coordinate the entry of Red Cross responders to bring out the victims of the first attack and extract the two journalists, who had sheltered again in the house.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

But, as she told Ritz, when she joined Jimmy Jam and Lewis in Minneapolis, she was coming out of a very sheltered life.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Below them, in a sheltered depression like a moon crater, stood a ring of broken black marble columns surrounding a dark stone altar.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan