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Example sentences for: asylum

How can you use “asylum” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

During the Cold War era, Western countries viewed asylum as a symbolic triumph over the Soviet empire, but refugees displaced by recent ethnic conflicts are finding no havens.
He is Emerson--except that, like a lunatic in an asylum, he has spent a lifetime in the mistaken belief that he is Hawthorne.
"The most pressing need for pro bono are for asylum applicants," she says. "
Mary sought asylum in England, only to be imprisoned by Elizabeth.
In 1919 his nephew urged that he be moved to an asylum in Connecticut.