How to Use bivouac in a Sentence

bivouac

noun
  • Why didn’t Thomas unpack the bivouac bag from her backpack, the thermal blanket?
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • The main reason for this simplicity is that bivouacs are built on location.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Like modern-day companies that merge and re-emerge or fold, some of these schools went under quickly, or moved their bivouacs, or combined forces.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • Over 200 dot the country’s Alpine landscape, from no-frills bivouac shelters to sleek, sci-fi-looking lodges.
    — Lucy Kehoe, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The bivouac was designed with a circular approach to energy and materials.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The firm previously worked on the masterplan for the Cervinia ski resort, but this bivouac is definitely a step in a new direction.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
  • In the 1970s, Franco helped make backpacks, bivouac sacks and climbing slings, products climbers used to stay warm in the snow or keep from falling from thousand-foot heights.
    — Tony Biasotti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But after 24 hours on the mountain with little water, the men gave up, carved out a small platform and collapsed in the snow — an open bivouac in high wind at 11,200 feet.
    — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
  • What's more, the bivouac can automatically activate a bright red light in low visibility conditions, to ensure mountaineers are able to see the building from a distance.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
  • When Kerstin started doing more mountain hiking, back in 2020, her mother asked her to get a bivouac bag—a lightweight emergency sleeping bag that is standard gear for mountaineers.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • As fuel prices continue to climb toward record territory, Costco parking lots are looking more like Mad Max bivouacs than suburban warehouses.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Traditional mountain bivouacs are simple, sturdy structures, often painted in bright colors to stay visible in cloudy weather – essentially just walls to protect climbers and trekkers when conditions turn dangerous.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025

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