How do you use the word "haven" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "haven" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "haven": Why are you sorry for something you haven't done? "Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

Haven Meaning

/ˈheɪvən/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA harbour or anchorage protected from the sea.

nounA safe place.

Sentence Examples

Why are you sorry for something you haven't done?

"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

The Isle of Man is a tax haven.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

harbor harbour seaport

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The small island became a ____ for sailors escaping the storm.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The remote island served as a peaceful ____ for birds and other exotic wildlife species.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill;" — 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “"Break, break, break,"”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 229:

"Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world." — 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian:

"And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte." — 1540, Thomas [Cranmer], “A Prologue or Preface […]”, in The Byble in Englyshe, […] (Great Bible), [2nd edition], [London]: […] Edward whytchurche, signature [i], verso:

"For Lord, what charity hauen such men of religion, that knowen how they mowen against and sinne, and fleen awat from their brethren that bene more vncunning then they ben, and suffren thē to trauelen in the world withouten their councel as beastes?" — 1570, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, page 517:

"The craftie Badger, the Watry Otter / Whome Howndes purſue, till they hauen got her / Theſe Beaſtes been of higheſt Regard and Price / To pleaſure Princes and to murder vice." — 1606, N[athaniel] B[axter], Sir Philip Sydneys Ouránia, That Is, Endimions Song and Tragedie, Containing All Philosophie, London: […] Ed. Allde, for Edward White, […], →OCLC, signature G, recto:

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