Get to know Refuge better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like recourse or resort.
Refuge meaning
- A state of safety, protection or shelter.
- A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
- Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
Synonyms of Refuge
Using Refuge
- The main meaning on this page is: A state of safety, protection or shelter. | A place providing safety, protection or shelter. | Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
- Useful related words include: recourse, resort, assistance, assist.
- In the example corpus, refuge often appears in combinations such as: refuge in, wildlife refuge, the refuge.
Context around Refuge
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Refuge
- In this selection, "refuge" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wildlife, sought, military, now, complex and firearm stand out and add context to how "refuge" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include national wildlife refuge complex, the refuge now includes and wildlife refuge. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "refuge" sits close to words such as administered, breakthrough and caps, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with refuge
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Afghan journalist, who sought refuge in Pakistan fearing Taliban, now selling kidney to alleviate. (14 words)
The refuge was established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 and is the oldest refuge in the Great Lakes-Big River Region. (21 words)
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge near Erskine, Minn., will be closed to the general public during two special deer hunts this month on the refuge. (24 words)
There will be a bus running from the fairgrounds to the refuge, and back, every half hour, starting in Hamilton at 10:30 a.m. The bus leaves the refuge on the hour, running until 3 p.m. When the event ends it will take participants back to Hamilton. (49 words)
The refuge now includes convert of land and convert of water. citation Along with six other islands, the island was administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. (40 words)
In the Florida Keys, which were also hit by Hurricane Irma, volunteers can email to volunteer to clean debris from the National Key Deer Refuge, a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge that provides vital habitat for endangered Key deer. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Military/Refuge Firearm, Primitive and Archery Deer Hunt Draw: Properties participating include Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge and Mascatatuck National Wildlife Refuge.
Secretary Bernhardt then traveled to the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge to conduct a site inspection and thank the refuge staff for their hard work to keep the refuge accessible to the public throughout the pandemic.
These seed mixtures were marketed as "Refuge in a Bag" (RIB) to increase farmer compliance with refuge requirements and reduce additional work needed at planting from having separate Bt and refuge seed bags on hand.
Australian expert Dr Charles Livingstone told gamblers can seek temporary refuge from their troubles in the "zone", including refuge from debt troubles caused by the machines in the first place.
There will be a bus running from the fairgrounds to the refuge, and back, every half hour, starting in Hamilton at 10:30 a.m. The bus leaves the refuge on the hour, running until 3 p.m. When the event ends it will take participants back to Hamilton.
Emma Reidy, the chief executive of the Aoibhneas refuge in Dublin, said that her refuge had had a "challenging year" last year because of the homelessness crisis.
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge near Erskine, Minn., will be closed to the general public during two special deer hunts this month on the refuge.
The refuge was established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 and is the oldest refuge in the Great Lakes-Big River Region.
Coastal Islands Refuge celebrates Wildlife Refuge Week Oct. 8-12 - Rockland - Camden - Knox - Courier-Gazette - Camden Herald of your 3 free stories per week.
He is a member of the Friends of Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge, a past president of the group, and volunteers about 80 hours a month at the refuge.
In the Florida Keys, which were also hit by Hurricane Irma, volunteers can email to volunteer to clean debris from the National Key Deer Refuge, a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Refuge that provides vital habitat for endangered Key deer.
Though groups of elk began moving north from the National Elk Refuge as early as two weeks ago, approximately 4,200 elk were still on Refuge land last weekend.
The refuge now includes convert of land and convert of water. citation Along with six other islands, the island was administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
The refuge now includes convert of land and convert of water. citation Baker, along with six other islands, was administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
This route is marked with posts and has refuge boxes for stranded walkers, just as the road has a refuge box for those who have left their crossing too late.
According to the UN agency, most have sought refuge among host communities, while hundreds shelter in precarious makeshift spaces with little access to basic services or protection from the armed groups.
A feasibility report into installing a pedestrian refuge in the middle of Melvill Road at the entrance to Fox Rosehill Gardens was considered by the town council's planning committee on Monday evening.
Afghan journalist, who sought refuge in Pakistan fearing Taliban, now selling kidney to alleviate.
After taking refuge in the river, the characters soon realize that the crocodile isn't getting into the water with them because of the approaching waterfall.
A heartbreaking reality is setting in for people who have lost their homes to wildfires in the Shuswap region of B.C. Countless fled to cities and towns across the country to find refuge with family.
Phrases with refuge
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with refuge
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- refuge in 56×
- wildlife refuge 22×
- the refuge 19×
- sought refuge 19×
- seek refuge 15×
- refuge and 14×
- seeking refuge 14×
- refuge from 12×
- refuge for 11×
- of refuge 10×