take/find/seek refuge
idiom
: to go to or into a place for shelter or protection from danger or trouble
We took refuge in a nearby barn during the storm.
We found refuge from the storm in a nearby barn.
They sought refuge in another country.
—often used figurativelyAfter the death of her husband, she took/sought/found refuge in her music.
Examples of take/find/seek refuge in a Sentence
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Jihan and Mahmoud decided to take refuge in the countryside, where Mahmoud had relatives.
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Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Begin to Move Offshore Though these food sources will keep many bass shallow throughout the summer, many spawners will begin to move offshore to seek refuge in cooler, deeper water.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Most workers also ran to an underground shelter to seek refuge.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
After following the least invasive choice of a drug prescription to seek refuge, Dr. Myers developed toxic hepatitis months later as the drug began destroying her liver.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Paulemon said he was left Haiti after armed gangs forced him to abandoned his business in the capital and seek refuge in the Dominican Republic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
During the first round of fighting at Al-Shifa in November, Israel urged Gaza’s northern residents to head south to seek refuge.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Newcomer José, another Venezuelan, crossed illegally from Mexico into Arizona in 2021 to seek refuge.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
In the southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's people now seek refuge, an Israeli airstrike struck tents outside the Emirati hospital, killing 11 people and wounding about 50, including health workers, the Health Ministry said.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Begin to Move Offshore Though these food sources will keep many bass shallow throughout the summer, many spawners will begin to move offshore to seek refuge in cooler, deeper water.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
Most workers also ran to an underground shelter to seek refuge.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
After following the least invasive choice of a drug prescription to seek refuge, Dr. Myers developed toxic hepatitis months later as the drug began destroying her liver.
—Dr. Brittany Chambers, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Paulemon said he was left Haiti after armed gangs forced him to abandoned his business in the capital and seek refuge in the Dominican Republic.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2024
During the first round of fighting at Al-Shifa in November, Israel urged Gaza’s northern residents to head south to seek refuge.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Newcomer José, another Venezuelan, crossed illegally from Mexico into Arizona in 2021 to seek refuge.
—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
In the southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's people now seek refuge, an Israeli airstrike struck tents outside the Emirati hospital, killing 11 people and wounding about 50, including health workers, the Health Ministry said.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 3 Mar. 2024
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