Example sentences for: sheltering

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

  • The cover story argues that NATO has been more a relief organization than a military force in the Kosovo crisis, sheltering and protecting the displaced as the U.N. relief operation became mired in bureaucracy.

  • In exchange, the United Nations has lifted sanctions it imposed several years ago to punish Libya for sheltering the suspects.

  • Acres of mangrove swamp cover the rocky outcrops, sheltering sandy beaches and providing a haven for herons and pelicans.

  • Evita: In the New Republic , historian Enrique Krauze lists the horrors of Perónism glossed over by the musical and film: the torture and murder of political opponents, often under Nazi tutelage; the sheltering of war criminals, possibly for personal profit; the destruction of the Argentine economy; the laying of the cornerstone for the "Dirty Wars" of the 1970s and 1980s.

  • "Kevin Gater, 30, planned to marry Samantha Robinson, 23, there on Friday but they are sheltering on the fourth-floor ballroom of their hotel near the capital Nassau.


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