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
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If reaching a safe shelter is not possible, either crouch down in your car and shield your head, or leave your vehicle and find shelter in a ditch or ravine.
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Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
The troops in Company A had expected to find shelter on the beach, which they had been told would be pockmarked with holes from aerial bombing and naval rockets.
—Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 10 May 2024
Transients would take shelter there, and some trespassers would store contraband or do drugs in the isolated locations.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Stink bugs reproduce in the summer and will try to find shelter from the cold temperatures during the fall, according to Orkin.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
Everyone on the east side of the Baton Rouge metro and through Livingston Parish needs to take shelter NOW.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Then their neighbors texted them, telling them to rush to the campsite’s bathhouse to take shelter.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
Interior stairwells are usually good places to take shelter.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Advertisement People can be homeless for one week and find shelter the next week.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2024
The troops in Company A had expected to find shelter on the beach, which they had been told would be pockmarked with holes from aerial bombing and naval rockets.
—Frank A. Blazich Jr., The Conversation, 10 May 2024
Transients would take shelter there, and some trespassers would store contraband or do drugs in the isolated locations.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Stink bugs reproduce in the summer and will try to find shelter from the cold temperatures during the fall, according to Orkin.
—Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
Everyone on the east side of the Baton Rouge metro and through Livingston Parish needs to take shelter NOW.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Then their neighbors texted them, telling them to rush to the campsite’s bathhouse to take shelter.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
Interior stairwells are usually good places to take shelter.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Advertisement People can be homeless for one week and find shelter the next week.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Find/take shelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/find%2Ftake%20shelter. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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