unsheltered

Example Sentences

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One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

So far, California has fallen short of those goals and has just begun to see success in reducing its homeless population, which sat at 116,000 unsheltered people in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

“I could see myself in her in my future, where I could spend my retirement years living an unsheltered life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

After a full year, not only was the change from homelessness to permanent housing not statistically significant, but so was the shift from unsheltered to sheltered.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

I yell, for we are lying unsheltered in the open field.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque