How To Use Sheltered In A Sentence

The region is an interior lowland sheltered from direct marine influences.
I'll be the first to admit that I've led a somewhat sheltered life since arriving in Bulgaria last January.
As the bambu, in the bambus safely sheltered, scorns the axe. ' Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala
The coffin was palled with a square of rusty black velvet, whence all the pile had long been worn, and which the soaking rain now helped age to embrown and make flabby; a standard cross was borne by an ecclesiastical official, who had on a quadrangular cap surmounted by a centre tuft; two priests followed, sheltered by umbrellas, their sacerdotal garments dabbled and draggled with mud, and showing thick-shod feet beneath the dingy serge and lawn that flapped above them, as they came along at a smart pace, suggestive of anything but solemnity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866
Under apartheid she and her husband enjoyed vast protection and sheltered employment. Times, Sunday Times

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A few pedestrians carrying their evening shopping sheltered from the rain in doorways.
This half-hardy perennial will overwinter in a sheltered spot in full sun. Times, Sunday Times
Since the site is highly sheltered the top three terce could seem calm. the top 9 decile could be calm. Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit
In spite of this, he rode on and on, till at last he reached a small white house that stood by itself on the top of a hill, unsheltered from the wind. Folk Tales From Many Lands
Light slanted through the canopy of trees that sheltered the abandoned field, causing Qiara to shield her face, and squint her eyes up at the sun.
The area is sheltered from the south by an ivy-covered brick wall.
It occurs mostly on sheltered, well-watered cliff faces and damp coastal flats where there is local protection from wind and spray.
To escape a drenching, I sheltered in a clump of trees.
The occasional curtained litter or rickshaw sheltered its rich occupant from the sun as he or she ventured out on some errand.
So you'd think it would be sheltered from their rapaciousness.
The government has also pledged to build more sheltered housing for women who are fleeing abusive relationships. Times, Sunday Times
We did dinghy drill in the harbour and this usually finished with us swimming around in the beautifully clear waters of this sheltered haven.
I peered outside at fishermen in green quilted waistcoats sat sheltered beneath big umbrellas beside a pond rippled by raindrops.
Half-hardy fuchsias and pelargoniums will need to be lifted, potted and sheltered for winter.
Using stable sea kayaks, we'll explore a remote corner of this region, search for wildlife in sheltered coves, and watch glaciers calve into ice-choked bays.
I fancy it was delightless to the husband as to the wife - just turning her twenty-first year, and learning for the first time in her sheltered life the taste of privation. Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,
The twins sheltered from the storms by learning the art of batik painting, colouring in the exotic fish between their wax outlines.
He fed us, clothed us, sheltered us, trained us and placed us in decent jobs.
Sow cabbages, broccoli and other brassicas in a sheltered seed bed or in trays in the cold greenhouse.
Dublin, in case we have forgotten, is built on the inlet of a large river and is surrounded by numerous bays and inlets and has a vast well-sheltered harbour.
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it. Rabindranath Tagore
The small plants can be put in a sheltered place by a house wall during winter and moved to a shed or outhouse if the weather gets really severe.
And if there is an unfavourable wind or swell, there are plenty of worthwhile sheltered sites which are also suitable for novices.
More than 40 elderly residents living in sheltered accommodation schemes in Wickford benefited from a troop of volunteers who spruced up their homes.
The village is sheltered by gentle hills and seems immune from much of the washout summer that has afflicted Britain. Times, Sunday Times
I think I was sort of sheltered.
Some, however, climbed the low hill that sheltered the village slightly from a north wind.
The merchant Sebastian Vizcaino, sailing up the southern California coast, names Syuhtun and the area sheltered by the islands Santa Barbara, in honor of an unattested 3rd century martyr.
The ambassador sheltered in the building for two hours before returning to the embassy. Times, Sunday Times
At its side is a sheltered cove, just made for relaxing and swimming.
Its sheltered atmosphere is a rest stop for crow-sized cattle egrets.
The village is sheltered by stunning mountains, and lies on the eastern side of a headland away from westerly gales. Times, Sunday Times
There have even been reports of them hibernating successfully in this country in sheltered spots. Times, Sunday Times
Choose a sheltered sunny position with well-drained and composted soil which is weed free.
The boulder sheltered them from the chilling wind.
There were five homes here in quite a pleasing little cove on the sheltered side of a narrow cape. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic
On warm sunny days, employees can eat in a sheltered outdoor courtyard near an old-fashioned gazebo.
It is sheltered effectively by blue gums and golden wattle broken by a palm tree and a peppercorn and it overlooks an olive grove, which yields a steady supply of virgin oil.
This evergreen clematis is covered in perfumed, pink suffused white flowers in spring and needs a sheltered wall where stems, leaves and flowers can be in full sun with roots in shade.
There are no surrounding protective reefs or sheltered lagoons.
Move the plant to a sheltered spot if you can. The Sun
In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered.
Also detectable in sheltered spots in woods are the dark green, heart-shaped leaves of sweet violets. Times, Sunday Times
The employers' group also took a sideswipe at rising costs emanating from the sheltered sectors of the economy.
The division was removed after this time, and a lizard entered the unsheltered end of the cage.
If you sell the house at the end of the period, the profits are sheltered from taxes, but the stocks are subject to capital gains taxes.
Just over the promontory is an isthmus with a small sheltered beach semi-enclosed by two rocky arms. Tenacatita: hidden jewel
In 2001, the cardinal wrote that he "rejoiced" when he discovered that a French bishop had sheltered an abusive priest from authorities. Rev. James Martin, S.J.: Sin Inside the Church
They bring food for a few hundred people to a place where thousands of people are sheltered.
As far as being able to spend some of the income from these gains, most of the interest and dividend payments are not in spendable form but locked in tax-sheltered investments -- only 20 per cent of U.S. households actually receive spendable dividends. Investment Forum1996
Herbs need fertile soil and a sunny sheltered position.
After fluttering thus from branch to branch, like the poor birdling that cannot take its flight, discouraged by his wretched attempts at life, he plunged straight before him, hoping for nothing but a turn of luck, driving over the roads and fields, lending a hand to the farmers, sleeping in stables and garrets, or oftener in the open air; sometimes charitably sheltered in a kind man's barn, and perhaps -- oh bliss! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873
Without doubt, in the foundations of the world was graved this end for him -- for him, who was so fine and sensitive, whose nerves scarcely sheltered under his skin, who was a dreamer, and a poet, and an artist. Lost Face
Although putting up a brave front as long as she can, she fears not only for herself but also for her sons from a broken marriage, the loquaciously sensitive Sam, and the sheltered Max.
Often wild and dramatic, it also offers the cosiness of sheltered coves and fishing harbours. Times, Sunday Times
Sheltered from the wind, our table overlooked the renovated ‘lake’ and active dovecote.
Her birth country lay not far inland, though sheltered from northerly winds and easterly waters -- the Kazan, Cauldron, huge astrobleme on the continent Rodna, a bowl filled with woods, farmlands, rivers, at its middle Lake Stoyan and the capital Zorkagrad. A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
During my dive the current was coming from the east, so we entered the water on the sheltered west side of the Mulberry.
If our dress and bearing sheltered us generally from the suspicion of being "raff" (the name at that period for "snobs" [Footnote: "_Snobs_," and its antithesis, "_nobs_," arose among the internal factions of shoemakers perhaps ten years later. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc
Seafood suppers and drinks by the sheltered bay will make you think you're hundreds of miles further south. Times, Sunday Times
Sheltered under a huge tent, more than 1 000 people converged to celebrate the heritage and rich history of Alexandra.
Pot them on instead and grow them for a few more weeks in a sunny, sheltered part of the garden or cold frame or unheated greenhouse before planting out.
My grandfather would have been the same age as my oldest son, too young to be so unsheltered in the world. Wild Feminine
The north of the island is by far the most prolific, especially Grankulla Bay, a large salty inland lake where the sheltered and shallow water offers refuge for the fish in spring and autumn.
In the end I got out from among the houses, and arrived upon the sea-beach, where I discovered a sheltered pit among the sand hillocks, which they call denes, and there I lay down and slept off my weariness. Athelstane Ford
He appears to be somewhat inadequate and has lived a sheltered, reclusive life.
Is our country's industry sheltered from foreign competition?
Even if you are sheltered from the demonstrations, read the British newspapers - the whole raucous range of them.
The Bahamas' capital, with its large, sheltered harbour, has swung many times from boomtown to backwater and back again in its rather raffish past.
Because of the prevailing south-westerlies in the exposed Baie de Seine, we stayed in sheltered waters nearer shore until ready to dive.
Effigies of their parents, Richard and Magdalen, are sheltered in a magnificent canopied tomb in the south transept, eight prayerful and reverent children gathered behind them.
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
A quiet prayerful atmosphere always prevails at Crohill Mass Rock, which stands in a small sheltered field on the top of Crohill in the townland of Crobane.
Situated in a sheltered wooded valley, our dive site is protected from wind and acts as a suntrap on this bright morning.
Underground vaults have sheltered 123 mummified monks for centuries and frescoes are preserved on cave walls. Times, Sunday Times
A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove.
Until an accurate means of counting both sheltered and unsheltered homeless persons is implemented nationwide, we won't have any way of assessing who is chronically homeless and if and how they are being helped.
And where they were situated, sheltered behind Sonoma Mountain, the fogs were almost invariably high fogs. CHAPTER XVIII
Under apartheid she and her husband enjoyed vast protection and sheltered employment. Times, Sunday Times
All you need is a pot of compost and a window sill or sheltered spot. The Sun
The island is only a mile in circumference, but each corner brings a new wilderness - from sheltered, bouncing turf to wuthering plains, and a new sense of serenity and calm.
Some older people are keen to live in sheltered accommodation where they hope for a combination of independence and security.
We sheltered behind the great beams supporting the windmill, and looked out through them, north and east, over a wide landscape; a plain bordered eastward by low hills, every mile of it, almost, watered by England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend
a blasphemous meaning, yet they sheltered themselves under the similitude from the imputation of downright blasphemy. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Venetian noblesse, with their cool porticos and colonnades, overhung with poplars and cypresses of majestic height and lively verdure; on their rich orangeries, whose blossoms perfumed the air, and on the luxuriant willows, that dipped their light leaves in the wave, and sheltered from the sun the gay parties whose music came at intervals on the breeze. The Mysteries of Udolpho
He explained that growing up under apartheid as a white South African meant a sheltered life, hidden from the actualities of the regime.
She sounded like someone in the third-year sixth at one of the more sheltered young ladies ' seminaries. THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
It is a very good plant for naturalizing in moist, sheltered, half-shaded locations.
It stood near the brow of a bosoming hill, which sheltered it, both with wood and clevice, from the rigor and fury of the north and east; while in front the sloping foreground widened its soft lap of green. Erema — My Father's Sin
In our mind's eye we can see the tipis scattered along the sheltered areas with always a few sentinels at the tops of the hills.
Left-handed, and was the daughter of his loyal adherent, the alcayde of Malaga, who sheltered him in his city when driven from the throne. The Alhambra
You may have such a corner close to the house, bright enough and not overhung, but always sheltered. Times, Sunday Times
The second stage of the project will take between 12 and 18 months and will involve the construction of unsheltered storages.
The Red Sea has a prevailing north-west wind, which means that this coastline is exposed, rather than sheltered like the inshore reefs of Egypt.
Some live along steep edges of the reef, and others in sandy sheltered lagoons.
Three intruders who used a variety of ruses to gain entry into sheltered flats in Devizes, rifled through elderly people's belongings leaving such a mess that it is not known if anything was stolen.
These are tax-sheltered accounts tied to insurance with very high deductibles.
Pretty geraniums and epimediums provide ground cover and the outer path is sheltered with a seven-metre tall pergola.
And oddest of all, as it seemed to me for the moment, two or three of these weird inhabitants of a subterranean world, a world sheltered by innumerable miles of rock from sun or rain, carried umbrellas in their tentaculate hands — real terrestrial looking umbrellas! First Men in the Moon
This sought to create a much more sheltered place for shipping.
The shortage of sheltered safe berthing forces commercial craft to moor off in stormy conditions with potentially hazardous transfers in open boats.
The best metaphor for my sheltered existence is that of a womb with internet access.
The Caledonian Canal was engineered to provide shipping with a sheltered alternative to voyaging around the stormy Scottish coast.
Overnight the winds increased forcing us to dive the sheltered side of the islands for the remainder of the trip.
Explore coral formations, underwater walls and sheltered caverns aswarm with fish of all colors.
I sheltered behind bales of browned heather, the only place where I could re-fold my map without getting in a flap.
Oh how my heart bleeds for those poor, poor workers that got nearly all their ‘entitlements’ courtesy of the Australian taxpayer after bludging for years in a union-sheltered workshop.
The Restaurant du Soleil, where the marriage feast was held, was an earwiggy hostelry on the outskirts of the town, sheltered from the prying roadway by a screen of green lattice and a series of _tonnelles_, the dusty arbours, each furnished with table and chairs, beloved of The Belovéd Vagabond
Biologists exploring one sheltered cove collected about 268 plant species.
Life on board involved early-morning swims, leisurely breakfasts and then short passages between sheltered coves where we lunched and swam for several hours.
For example, Old Squaw move to sheltered lagoons along the Beaufort Sea coast.
The twins sheltered from the storms by learning the gentler art of batik painting, colouring in the exotic fish between their wax outlines.
It was a man delivering cakes to the sheltered accommodation opposite. Times, Sunday Times
Inspired by the success of Danish trout farmers, salmon cultivators found Norway's sheltered fjords ideal for farming salmon in ocean net pens.
Other garden plants used indoors for the holidays. such as azalea, cyclamen, or hydrangea. should be put outside in a sheltered place until planted in a permanent spot. SFGate: Top News Stories
This was the end of the wet season, and he sheltered in doorways from the brief storms of the northeast monsoon.
Herbs need fertile soil and a sunny sheltered position.
This is a garden that truly makes the most of its cliff top site while providing a host of sheltered areas within the shelter of aged ngaios and other natives.
The forest itself can be surprisingly sheltered from the nor'westers that rage over the summit of Mount Hutt during spring.
Here, whales bear their calves in warm, sheltered water.
There was an unsheltered stretch of land between myself and the dense forest, to which I'd sent Nicholas.
A neighbor sheltered the boy for seven days.
The hedge sheltered toads, frogs and voles and the birds were going berserk.
Monastic abbots, by comparison, found spiritual leadership easy, because the monks were sheltered from contact with the world.
In the middle, a sheltered harbour full of yachts is framed by a busy quayside. Times, Sunday Times
Yes, I led a sheltered life.
UPSIDE The surrounding area is a magical landscape of low wooded hills and sheltered grassy areas. Times, Sunday Times
Suckler cows with calves will also benefit from early turnout provided the fields are sheltered and dry and you take steps to prevent tetany.
If you arrive in your own or a chartered boat, you can drop anchor off the town or, a better choice, in sheltered Tyrrel Bay at the island's southwestern end.
_Honk, honk, honk_, cried the old Wild Goose, from the sheltered marsh where he did not know what was going on. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs
Here there's a nice 1898 Arts and Crafts style house, sheltered by beech copses with kettle nest boxes and carpeted yellow by winter aconites.
Select a sheltered, well-lit spot with a well-drained soil and dig over the earth to remove all weeds, before raking the surface to establish a fine, level tilth.
No boats are passing upstream towards Devonport dockyard and the sheltered water of the Hamoaze, but a lone heron stands on the slaty foreshore. Country diary: Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall
I ban't a dareful man," he replied, "that would run down the road in daylight for the whole nation to see, and I be terr'ble weak in the legs, so I just crept out in the night, so quiet as a star-beam, and sheltered in the orchard yonder, till I seed the rod fairly put in my hand by the Explorers of the Dawn
Just a quick snorkel should be enough to tick off this playful fish, which loves shallow lagoons and sheltered reefs. Times, Sunday Times
Read in studio A sheltered workshop for the disabled which is threatened with closure has won a temporary reprieve.
Sheltered from reality in the public circus, these people seriously believed that their complicated jargon would be understood by the average shmuck on the street.
I picked a sheltered site for the tent.
Only in some hollow of a larger tree on the sheltered side may be seen a few scattered leaves of some close-clinging creeper, or the hardy leaves of the tataramoa, bespattered with mud.
The wild geranium was already showing its pink stem and scarlet-edged leaves, themselves almost gorgeous enough to pass for flowers; the periwinkle, with its wreaths of shining foliage, was hanging in garlands over the precipitous descent; and the lily of the valley, the fragrant woodroof, and the silvery wild garlick, were just peeping from the earth in the most sheltered nooks. The Ground-Ash
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
This scene is more delightful for the male tree than arein the poem's very last linestheir own reflections for the "coeval" trees in the sheltered vale. Wordsworth's 'The Haunted Tree' and the Sexual Politics of Landscape
This evergreen clematis is covered in perfumed, pink suffused white flowers in spring and needs a sheltered wall where stems, leaves and flowers can be in full sun with roots in shade.
The sheltered outside terrace can seat 65 and is a perfect venue for a leisurely lunch. Times, Sunday Times
The middle regions of the beach are surf-beaten, but the sheltered southern corner, at low tide, reveals fine sands thickly populated with razor shells, tellins, surf clams and sand mason worms.
Facing south-west, sheltered from the north, draining down well. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
She had a very sheltered childhood.
We sheltered under the shade of the massive overwhelming oak trees whose bark was protected from vandalism by vicious spikes forced into the trunk.
Shortly after buying it, Denega was refused listed building consent to demolish the chapel and develop 21 sheltered accommodation units.
There, up above the concrete geometry, you'll find a sheltered suntrap with stunning views, and somewhere lush, green and growing. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
It's at home on bays and inlets sheltered from the open sea, and on lakes and lazy rivers too.
Jane Seymour does an excellent job with the deceptively difficult role of Solitaire, who must be a bewitching beauty but also one who is convincingly sheltered and innocent.
This is a tranquil space which is sheltered by trees and has a vast array of shrubs and plants.
The animals dart between or through the trees and along the streams in a sheltered woodland setting. Times, Sunday Times
But New Plymouth's unsheltered coast produced some large breakers, often making the trip from ship to shore or vice versa a treacherous one.
The Red Sea has a prevailing north-west wind, which means that this coastline is exposed, rather than sheltered like the inshore reefs of Egypt.
Fortunately, Trondur was working on the lee side of the main cabin, so he was sheltered from the onslaught.
Some of his behaviour may be down to his sheltered early life in Swansea. Times, Sunday Times
There are also two sheltered shingle beaches and a small tidal island which can be climbed. Times, Sunday Times
Rental income in France is taxable, but can be substantially sheltered by the cost of borrowing.
It made its way into the cabin, into the forecastle; it poisoned the sheltered places on the deck, it could be sniffed as high as the mainyard. Youth, by Joseph Conrad
Fields of water smack together, foam spitting and curling, but it's sheltered in our cove.
It's the tale of a delicate, sheltered little prince who leaves his castle and ventures into a world with no patience for effeminate and ineffectual aristocrats.
You get on with your job, just as you always have, sheltered from politics by many layers of secrecy and officialdom. Times, Sunday Times
The four-bedroom detached house is set amid sheltered gardens and boasts railed paddocks, stables, a swimming pool and hard tennis court.
The work will allow boats and barges to land cargo in bad weather because the planned site is sheltered by the reef.
A sheltered gorge thinly wooded with fir-trees opens before us; the long impending rain begins again, hard and fast; and the path becoming soon too steep for riding, we have to dismount and walk in a pelting storm down a steep mountain-side to Santa Maria Gardena, which is the first hamlet at the head of the Grödner Thal. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
The docking facilities must be big enough to cope with the 26 foot draught of Liberty ships and at the same time provide sheltered water for smaller vessels, such as landing craft, to operate.
Choose a sheltered, sunny spot with a fertile, well-drained soil and sow the seeds in 1in-deep drills.
He comes off very much as a loved but sheltered little boy, with his exposure to his uncle Terry giving him his first real taste of life.
They thrive in a sheltered sunny spot and need to be close to the house where their winter beauty can be fully enjoyed. The Sun
The novella begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or simply optimism) by his tutor, Pangloss. Archive 2009-03-01
Since the site is not sheltered the bottom terce could cause mixing. Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit
I picked a sheltered site for the tent.
Brunswick are to her what the railroads are now to other countries: and richly is she blessed with sparkling waters from the diamond flashings of the mountain rill to the still calm beauty of the sheltered lake, the silvery streams, the sweeping river, and the unfrozen width of the winter harbour of her noble bay. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America
He started to search for a sheltered spot where he could break his journey.
She leads a rather sheltered life, working as a nurse and residing in a state run asylum.
Paula was the product of a sheltered middle-class home.
It was imperative to get into the sheltered bays near to the mountains as soon as possible where we might find some respite from the impending storm, so we pressed on relentlessly for another hour or so.
He lives off-grid in a passive solar, earthsheltered building in Western North Carolina.
I was young and sheltered, largely innocent of racial politics.
A few pedestrians carrying their evening shopping sheltered from the rain in doorways.
The Valais is sheltered by the alps and, like south east Switzerland, benefits particularly from the föhn, but it can be dry and irrigation with mountain water is sometimes necessary.
Pale and wan but cheerly smiling on its lonely sheltered dwelling, Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century
Never have I driven in such a wind, for a large part until the route brings one into Newcastle city the road is unsheltered from the sea and we took a sustained battering from heavy sidewinds.
I think it was about there," Tenoctris called from the beside the millwheel, where she and Cashel had sheltered during the night to watch the drover. Lord of the Isles
It's also good in drizzle or light rain, as it is sheltered in most parts by the trees.
British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs.
Spring comes early in the sheltered, southern bay of Monkshaven, and already the bracken was sending up pushful little shoots of young green, curled like a baby's fist, while the primroses, bunched together in clusters, thrust peering faces impertinently above the green carpet of the woods. The Hermit of Far End
They were started by chalk quarriers a thousand years ago, and have sheltered citizens and soldiers in hard times ever since.
The twins sheltered from the storms by learning the art of batik painting, colouring in the exotic fish between their wax outlines.
We sheltered in a doorway to wait out the storm.
She is in sheltered accommodation but might have to go into full-time residential care.
a bosoming hill, which sheltered it, both with wood and clevice, from the rigor and fury of the north and east; while in front the sloping foreground widened its soft lap of green. Erema

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