shelter

Example Sentences

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Today, people coming off the streets often have to travel to different locations to meet their healthcare, job training and shelter needs.

From Los Angeles Times

The conductor orders everyone off the train and directs them to a shelter, about a kilometre away.

From BBC

Locals and wildlife experts say the Eaton fire exacerbated the situation, driving many bears out of their natural habitat in search of food, water and shelter.

From Los Angeles Times

It was September, and we were sheltering from the pouring rain, in an outside metal stairwell next to a giant ship being built by BAE Systems on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow.

From BBC

It might seem like a shelter from the storm, but it really was another asylum packed with a bunch of mangy orphans ready to filch my last possessions while I slept.

From Literature