How to Use take/find/seek refuge in a Sentence

take/find/seek refuge

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Definition of take/find/seek refugenext
  • Strikes in the southern Gaza town of Rafah sowed fear in one of the last places where civilians could seek refuge.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The men had taken off in an attempt to find refuge in a local home.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As in the series, the pair take refuge one night after a sniper incident.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • As Kathleen's men raid homes and apartments in search of them, Joel and Ellie take refuge in a bar.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Some of them take refuge in water, while others remain on land.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2024
  • That further reduced the area where civilians can seek refuge by more than a quarter.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The play examines the debate over whether the family should stay and fight or leave to seek refuge elsewhere.
    — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In the middle of the night, the owner of the home, played by Mahershala Ali, shows up to seek refuge with his daughter, played by Myha’la Herrold.
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Assuming the gunshots were coming from Gaza, Ms. Abud and her companions stopped to take refuge in the shelter with the bird.
    — Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • Recall that during the heat waves that rolled across the country, libraries became a free, safe, and cool place for people to seek refuge.
    — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The pair, who were between 10 and 12 years old, went onto the ice to retrieve it but had to take refuge on a small island when the ice started to break around them, Salela said.
    — Naperville Sun Staff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Ivanovitch let multiple neighbors take refuge in his home.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Many festival-goers took off by foot and tried to find refuge in nearby orchards.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The dog caught the attention of three adult crocodiles while trying to find refuge in the deep waters of the Savitri River.
    — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • There are also a number of civilians who have gathered there to seek refuge during the course of the conflict, and those lives need to be protected.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Monday episode featured more blowout arguments between the soon-to-be parents, which led Brandan to flee their home and take refuge in the town square.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Cows and buffalo - their ribs visible - take refuge in ponds.
    — Annie Gowen, Niko Kommenda and Saiyna Bashir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Eleven of the Colombians would seek refuge at the nearby Taiwanese Embassy, only to end up under arrest.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • Two Black teenagers wearing zoot suits had to seek refuge at the Pasadena police station from marauders.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2023
  • The map also includes libraries and senior centers where residents can take refuge from the heat.
    — Emma Uber, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • So many children have multiple times moved, trying to seek refuge, trying to get away from the bombardments.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2024
  • Most workers also ran to an underground shelter to seek refuge.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Some migrants were likely to seek refuge in churches once they were processed by Border Patrol and released onto the streets of San Diego.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • That fighting spilled over with the military shelling and launching airstrikes directly at the village forcing the civilians to take refuge in the nearby monastery, Soe Aung said.
    — Hannah Ritchie, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Messaging back and forth with friends, Levi was able to determine which villages were occupied by Hamas and were unsafe to seek refuge in.
    — Lauren Meltzer, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • As early as August, the bears — which use sea ice as both a means of transportation and a platform for hunting seals — begin to take refuge on land as the ice begins to recede.
    — Heather Greenwood Davis, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2023
  • People who seek shelter in mobile homes are also 15 to 20 times more likely to be killed compared to those who take refuge in permanent homes.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • And the urban economy has collapsed, driving at least a million middle-class Sudanese to take refuge abroad.
    — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
  • Jeff Noble still seemed stunned that in America in 2023, politics would drive families to seek refuge across state lines.
    — Trip Gabriel Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Weary travelers can take refuge in the fantasy, even if physically, they may be bound for a narrow seat without legroom at the back.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 May 2023

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