find/take shelter

idiom

: to go somewhere for cover and protection from danger, bad weather, etc.

They found/took shelter in a cave during the storm.

Examples of find/take shelter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Michigan State University also warned its community to take shelter during the warning. —Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024

People take shelter inside a metro station during an air alert in Kyiv on Wednesday. —Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2024

There is imminent danger to life and property and people should take shelter, the weather service said. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024

Israel was able to tell its citizens to prepare to take shelter. —Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024

If caught outside, find shelter in a ditch or remain in your vehicle and cover your head for protection. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2024

The region’s shortage of beds had soured her on trying to find shelter before storms. —Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024

After weeks of struggling to find shelter amid Israeli airstrikes, Ms. Kafarna – like hundreds of thousands of others in Gaza – is facing an even more acute crisis: starvation. —Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023

With many fatalities the survivors take shelter in the café as a freak storm takes out the power and communications leaving them isolated and under attack. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024