Example Sentences

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They hope that she is sheltering in an underground "void".

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2024

Nevertheless, it is sheltering hundreds of thousands of refugees from the war in neighboring Sudan.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

She is sheltering with him and his family in a tent in Rafah, in southern Gaza.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2024

The city on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt is sheltering some 1.4 million displaced people — over half the Gaza Strip’s population — who are crammed into tent camps and overflowing apartments and shelters.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

A yard-porter muffled up and pinched with cold is sheltering behind the corner of the house.

From The Cossacks by Tolstoy, Leo, graf