Example sentences for: refuge

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

  • The country's vast unpoliced regions make Pakistan attractive to extremists seeking refuge and recruits and also provide a base for operations against coalition forces in Afghanistan.

  • Those who have actually answered telephone calls from users can tell you that if patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then the manual is the last refuge of the computer user.

  • It was “discovered” by the British in the 1930s, when this “beach of rocks,” strewn with extravagantly shaped eroded stacks, provided an inspirational refuge for writers and intellectuals.

  • Among the sciences, biology became the last refuge, for within its realm, Earth was still special.

  • Landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York’s Central Park, Mount Royal is a popular refuge from the city bustle, the place for picnics in the summer and tobogganing and skiing in the winter, with the little Beaver Lake (Lac des Castors) for sailing model boats (or skating).


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