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'shelter' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'shelter' with 12 example sentences.


shelter noun

: a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

: protective covering that provides protection from the weather

: the condition of being protected

: a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings

: temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

shelter verb

: provide shelter for

: invest (money) so that it is not taxable


  • I took shelter under a tree.
  • These flowers should be sheltered from the rain.
  • He brought food to his guest and provided him shelter.
  • Children depend on their parents for food, clothing and shelter.
  • I can offer you food and shelter.
  • Trees shelter my house from the wind.
  • I volunteer at a homeless shelter.
  • There are a few nuclear bomb shelters in the city.
  • Cellphones do not work in the air-raid shelter.
  • Someone broke all the bus shelter windows.
  • The refugees took shelter in a Red Cross refugee camp.
  • The homeless sought shelter from the chilly shower.
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