How to Use "Shelter" with Example Sentences

shelter (noun): a place that provides protection and safety

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Used with verbs:

"The tree provides great shelter from the hot sun."
(provides, gives, offers)

"She had to find shelter."
(find, run for, seek, take)

"We had to leave the shelter of our home."
(leave, abandon)

"They built a shelter out of branches and palm leaves."
(built, constructed, made, put up)

Used with adjectives:

"We built a temporary shelter."
(temporary, makeshift)

"They found an underground shelter."
(underground, stone, wood)

"We were moved to an emergency shelter."
(emergency, bomb, storm)

"We found our lost dog at the animal shelter."
(animal)

"They lived in a homeless shelter for several months."
(homeless)

Used with prepositions:

"We will be safer in this shelter."
(in, under)

"There was a shelter for the horses."
(for)

"We need to find shelter from the storm."
(from)