Want to use Shelter correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like protection or housing.

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Shelter in a sentence

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Shelter meaning

  1. Somewhere one can find protection.
  2. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).

Synonyms of Shelter

protection living accommodations lodging housing step-down reduction diminution decrease tax shelter security protective cover protective covering construction structure supply

Shelter in Dutch

onderdak toevluchtsoord hokje schuilplaats opvang

Example sentences (20)

According to the city's Daily Shelter & Overnight Service Usage webpage, a total of 9.090 people used its shelters on Monday.

According to Westmoreland’s study, there are about 154 shelter beds for homeless residents in the county.

Again, the ensuing desperation among thousands of survivors seeking temporary shelter in camps and or homes is equally devastating.

A $250 donation secures your pet’s spot for a three-year term. $50 of each portrait fee is donated to the Snake River Animal Shelter.

Additional applicants will be added to a waitlist and contacted when shelter space is available.

About 80 employees, including Smus, managed to make it to the bomb shelter under the cafeteria.

It will replace the Oxford Street shelter in Bayside, which provides shelter for individuals, as opposed to families.

The Red Cross presented the Shelter of Hope, a fully functional mock Red Cross shelter, on Oct. 5 at the Marketplace.

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According to a press release, there are nearly 600 dogs at the DeKalb County shelter, which was built to house 450 dogs at full capacity.

The old Pinecone shelter was moved and renovated to replace the old Sawmill Shelter, which was sagging from age.

This has resulted in a significant number of shelter clients staying longer than planned in the city’s shelter system.

The Adopters of the Eagle County Animal Shelter Facebook page is only open to those who have adopted from the shelter.

Surrendered to a high kill shelter in Texas due to his owner’s personal problems, he is now safe at Kent Animal Shelter.

Accommodations have been arranged at Ban Bo Luang School, offering temporary shelter until the completion of the Bailey bridge construction.

The shelter manager wanted to be in a position to assist the Weaverville shelter if fires caused them to have to evacuate.

Initially he went to a shelter in Waterville but then learned about the veterans’ shelter at Bread of Life.

Barwick was able to get a hold of Anna Ellis, the shelter’s director, and ask her what the shelter needed.

Local shelter Simply Cats took him under their wing and fell in love with his personality so much, he became the shelter pet!

Scituate Animal Shelter says summer is the slowest time for animal adoptions, and their shelter is full.

After she was released from a hospital following an overdose when she was 27, a peer support worker tracked her down in Findlay’s homeless shelter.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shelter" in a sentence?
An example: "According to the city's Daily Shelter & Overnight Service Usage webpage, a total of 9.090 people used its shelters on Monday." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "shelter" from real English texts.
What does "shelter" mean?
Shelter means: Somewhere one can find protection.
What are synonyms of "shelter"?
Common synonyms of "shelter" include: protection, living accommodations, lodging, housing, step-down, reduction, diminution, decrease. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "shelter" in Dutch?
"shelter" translates to Dutch as: onderdak, toevluchtsoord, hokje, schuilplaats, opvang.
How many example sentences with "shelter" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "shelter", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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