How to Use find/take shelter in a Sentence

find/take shelter

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  • At least two places to find shelter, like a rock pile, dense shrubs, brush, or a log pile.
    Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Wasps can nest above and below the ground to find shelter from weather and predators.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • Of course, some animals do die in the smoke and fire—those that can't run fast enough or find shelter.
    National Geographic, 8 Sep. 2020
  • People in both countries have been forced to take shelter in hideouts.
    Dan Gooding shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • More organisms than just bees take shelter in old plant debris.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025
  • And if that happens, folks should take shelter right away and keep listening for more alerts.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2024
  • But when snow flattens grassy cover, pheasants need to find shelter.
    Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Astronauts could therefore one day find shelter in these caves.
    Marta Musso, WIRED, 18 July 2024
  • People who live or work in the area should have a plan in place to take shelter if warnings are issued.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Then their neighbors texted them, telling them to rush to the campsite’s bathhouse to take shelter.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
  • Civilians take shelter in a metro station during an air raid in Kyiv.
    Daryna Mayer, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The most common guidance is to take shelter in homes or other buildings.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Israel was able to tell its citizens to prepare to take shelter.
    Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, TIME, 15 Apr. 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
  • Police in riot gear ducked and scrambled to draw their guns while yelling for people to find shelter.
    Colleen Slevin, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2023
  • As the twister picks up speed, the crew abandons its car, hoping to take shelter under an overpass.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
  • If that is not possible, the person should run in a straight line, cover their face and find shelter.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 2 May 2023
  • Stranded by a blizzard, a young woman is forced to find shelter at a highway rest area with a group of strangers.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The pair had tried to take shelter in a small room, but the rush of volcanic gas and ash brought their lives to a violent end.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Sister Robin Merrill was one of the people who did take shelter.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The weather service advises people to find shelter and wait out the storm.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 14 July 2024
  • First, the behavior should not be performed in order to get food, attract a mate, or find shelter.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Bombing attacks forced the family to take shelter in a school, but one day, that building too was bombed.
    Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • People can call 211 to find shelter or transportation in the area.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Many inside had little or no time to take shelter as the missiles struck just two minutes after the air alert went off.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Hu said that some animals, including sea turtles, fish, crabs, and shrimp could eat or find shelter in the blooms.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • When the shelling was bad, Koshelev’s wife would bring people to the basement of the hospital to take shelter.
    James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The university advised the public to take shelter, lock doors and avoid the area of the arena.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
  • What the program does is help people find shelter, get food and look after their physical and mental health.
    Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • As bullets came flying into the room, the teacher and students tried to take shelter in the corner, the teen said.
    NBC News, 5 Sep. 2024

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