refuge in a sentence

Example sentences for refuge

Science was his refuge, a place of order and stability that could not fail him.
For some it's a refuge, for some a shady place to fall down.
Contact the refuge for specific seasonal volunteer needs.
Bald eagles and other raptors also live on the refuge.
They found more refuge among the people who shared their religious affiliation.
It must have been a refuge from her otherwise crowded life.
Snarling remains the refuge for those who lack the energy or courage to do something really original or dastardly.
Unfortunately, college is no refuge from the ugliness that permeates our society.
Precisely how the insects find their way to this refuge has long eluded biologists.
Conspiracy theories are the refuge of those without evidence to support their views.
Conspiracy theories are the refuge of those who lack evidence.
Thousands struggled to find refuge from the relentless battering of wind and waves.
The family had sought refuge under a staircase, which then collapsed and killed them.
He snapped photos of the wreckage, using the flash to help him search for refuge.
Engineering producer goods may be the last refuge of humanistic spirit.
Ironically, the depopulation has turned the area into a wildlife refuge of sorts.
Both groups of elderly mice swam at about the same pace, so the time it took to find refuge was not about improved swim speed.
But a reserve allows fish a refuge where they can increase in size and spawn.
But becoming a refuge for smokers is hardly likely to prove to be a money spinner.
They often seek refuge on private property, infuriating local ranchers.
But without some degree of redirection, his campaign risks being dismissed as merely a refuge for malcontents.
The fantasy worlds in which some casualties took refuge enthralled him.
And see also what a refuge and a bulwark a school can be.
He didn't seem to be anybody and he had no resources of humility to turn that nothingness into a refuge.
Many people couldn't get home and sought refuge in friends' homes, in office buildings.
But in a building behind the main hotel, an expansive refuge was also constructed, and it's worlds away from the social action.
He didn't seem to want to take shelter in this refuge.
Enjoy a country which is the last refuge of indoor smoking.
She took refuge in a small hotel whose astonished owner found her a room and raced about making tea.
He said the quake had thrown him from the top bunk in his cell to the floor, where he took refuge under a metal table.

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