shelter

Example Sentences

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With temperatures ranging from below freezing in August to 40C in the summer months, it would also have been tough without shelter.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In this case, a cave filled with the remains of past meals became a shelter for a completely different kind of inhabitant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

She called on authorities "to make at least one inclusive shelter in each district".

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The post on a Phillies fan page proclaimed that Bohm had donated his “entire $15.9 million bonus and sponsorship earnings to a homeless shelter in Omaha.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Without shelter, he would surely freeze, but protection from the terrible cold lay within the home of some frightful creature.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el