How to Use enclave in a Sentence

enclave

noun
  • Five of their own were still inside the enclave.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • All of them are here to see one of the world’s most contentious enclaves.
    — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 25 Nov. 2024
  • All three began with coastal enclaves.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But the Vineyard is more than a wealthy enclave in this case.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Fulenwider’s home is one of two for sale in the enclave.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026
  • But in enclaves where the thuds of artillery serve as white noise, war is never far away.
    — Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • That left Israel in control of about half of the enclave.
    — Samuel Granados, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Israel's two-year assault has left much of the enclave in ruins.
    — Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Most of those in Rafah have moved there to avoid fighting elsewhere in the enclave.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In August, famine was declared in parts of the enclave.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Israel now claims to control of about 40% of the enclave’s largest city.
    — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That is the type of intrusion that the enclave is fortress-like constructed to keep at bay.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • The chic enclave even hosted a Louis Vuitton menswear show last year.
    — Peter Neville-Hadley, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • Most surviving enclaves are too small to shade on this map; they can only be circled.
    — Big Think, 4 May 2026
  • It was not known how many trucks have entered the enclave since the ceasefire went into effect.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Since the ceasefire was agreed, the amount of aid heading into the enclave has increased.
    — Natasha Turak, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
  • There is one exit to this enclave and another is needed.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What was lost was an idyllic enclave of families who lived and played and laughed and cared for each other.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 31 May 2021
  • Large swaths of the enclave have been destroyed, and famine has been declared in part of northern Gaza.
    — Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Is our town becoming an ethnic enclave?
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Both nations reiterated their calls for an end to the war in the enclave.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Hamas controls the government in the enclave.
    — Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Read on to learn why this Dominica enclave continues to top the list.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • Only a few dozen Black residents still live in the enclave of modest homes along dirt roads.
    — Sharon Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in Northern Gaza.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • The enclave is surrounded by sea, coastal woodlands, and vineyards.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 18 June 2026
  • Build executive views that show status by site, by enclave and by contract.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Here are our 7 favorite small adventure towns around the world, from coastal enclaves to alpine hamlets.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
  • It was built in 1929 and sits on about three-quarters of an acre in the celeb-favorite enclave.
    — Rachel Flynn, People.com, 10 June 2025
  • At that point Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in northern Gaza.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2024

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