Sentence examples for were refuge from inspiring English sources
noun
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
As Communist troops closed in on Saigon, the city now called Ho Chi Minh City, in April 1975, Mr. Ky piloted a helicopter to one of the American naval ships that were refuge to those high-ranking officers who managed to flee.
At least there were refuges able to take her.
But here, inside the walls of the Comboni basketball court, there is refuge in familiarity.
In the following strategies we presume that from 2010/2011 maize and sorghum will no longer be refuge options.
For men who can be reluctant to share their problems, barbershops can also be refuges.
Like Toyose, the most appealing tend to be refuges for people in the restaurant business.
Industrial wastelands sound like grim places but many of them are refuges for some fascinating plants.
Abandoned human-modified forests are refuges for remnant biodiversity.
In Antarctica, some areas of open water along the coast are refuges from the harsh climate.
Our study supports the hypothesis that human-modified forests have the potential to be refuges for remnant biodiversity.
