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

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

Here are real-life examples of using "shelter": When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree. The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

Shelter Meaning

/ˈʃɛltə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounSomewhere one can find protection.

nounSomewhere one can find protection., 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).

Sentence Examples

When you take shelter, make sure you go under a big tree.

The homeless sought shelter from a shower.

Trees shelter the house from the wind.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

protection

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We built a temporary ____ using branches and leaves during the hike.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

During the sudden downpour, we sought ____ under a large oak tree until the rain stopped.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English sċildtruma, sċyldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from sċyld, sċield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim. Doublet of sheltron (a kind of military formation), which is the more conservative of the two.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them." — 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!:

"Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head." — 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton:

"You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered." — 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society:

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