All 10 Uses of
refugee
in
Gone with the Wind
- Already Atlanta was full of refugees from east Tennessee, and the town had heard firsthand stories from them of what suffering they had gone through.†
Chpt 2.14 *
- These refugees cried out to see Pennsylvania one solid sheet of flame, and even the gentlest of old ladies wore expressions of grim pleasure.†
Chpt 2.14
- As they fell back down the valley, an army of refugees fell back before them.†
Chpt 3.17
- Five miles ahead of the retreating army went the refugees, halting at Resaca, at Calhoun, at Kingston, hoping at each stop to hear that the Yankees had been driven back so they could return to their homes.†
Chpt 3.17
- With this backwash of wounded bearing conflicting reports and the increase of frightened refugees crowding into the already crowded town, Atlanta was in an uproar.†
Chpt 3.17
- Atlanta was crowded with visitors, refugees, families of wounded men in the hospitals, wives and mothers of soldiers fighting at the mountain who wished to be near them in case of wounds.†
Chpt 3.18
- The town was crowded with soldiers, swamped with wounded, jammed with refugees, and this one line was inadequate for the crying needs of the stricken city.†
Chpt 3.18
- So you didn't refugee to Macon!†
Chpt 3.19
- You see, she—well, she can't refugee just now.†
Chpt 3.19
- And Gerald couldn't possibly refugee out of their way with three sick women.†
Chpt 3.20
Definition:
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(refugee) someone who has fled their homeland to getaway from a dangerous or difficult situation; or related to such people