How to Use refuge in a Sentence

refuge

1 of 2 noun
  • People took refuge on rooftops.
    — Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The place that had brought him so much joy no longer felt like a refuge.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This one had ran over to me to seek refuge from his siblings.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Lord is my refuge and strength—a very present help in my life.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Summerhaven is a refuge in more ways than one.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • Why are young people seeking refuge in the past?
    — Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Art was no longer only a private refuge.
    — Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Her skin is now nailed to the ceiling of the refuge office.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Without tracking, the refuge cannot be sure.
    — Mikayla Price, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Dozens of people fled to the ocean seeking refuge from the flames.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 3 May 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Mobile Web, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Daily News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Seek refuge at rest areas or sheltered spots.
    — Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025

refuge

2 of 2 verb
  • Worst of all, residents say, there is little hope of recourse or refuge.
    — New York Times, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Though less affected by lack of snow, glaciers won’t offer skiers refuge either.
    — Denise Hruby, Environment, 23 Dec. 2020
  • When talking with an unhoused person, encourage them to seek shade or refuge from the sun.
    — Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2021
  • The plan was for our little boat to hug the coastline and seek asylum and refuge from neighboring countries.
    — CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • About 40% of all animals find food, shelter or refuge in soil during part of their life cycle.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 4 Dec. 2020
  • And then providing transport to refuge via a lumber ship owned by the mayor of Lake Forest?
    — George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The crew spent several months camped on the sea ice before rowing to refuge on the deserted Elephant Island.
    — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Eventually, young Jan and his father paid smugglers to guide them to refuge in Bardejov, Slovakia.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
  • These mammoths would have continued to roam in search of food, opportunities to mate and, much like Alaska’s modern mammals, refuge from the swarms of biting insects that spring up in the warm months.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021
  • On a bare stage with only two chairs and a table , Samahir Farhan portrayed before 300 people the sense of helplessness and hopelessness that refugees feel.
    — Mahmoud Al-Najjar and Gilgamesh Nabeel, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Amid the flight to refuge, Ukraine and Russia are set to resume peace talks online Friday after limited progress in Istanbul earlier in the week.
    — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • By March 2014, the island’s livable habitat — that is, the area above the high-tide mark — was the smallest ever recorded, and refuge sites for the melomys in rock caves, crevices and overhangs had begun to disappear, the report said.
    — Michelle Innis, New York Times, 14 June 2016
  • Last year, Chechnya was back in the headlines after reports that officials had conducted a brutal purge of gay men, sparking global outrage and prompting a coordinated international effort to grant the men refuge abroad.
    — Washington Post, 27 May 2018

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