All 8 Uses of
refuge
in
Strength in What Remains
- The apartment of the Senegalese would still be a refuge, with a shower and a functioning toilet that Deo could use.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- Sister Leontine had a place in Harlem, which she had turned into a refuge for homeless people just out of prison.†
Chpt 1.4
- Maybe he'd find refuge at his cousin's school.†
Chpt 1.9
- Maybe he would find refuge at the medical school, or just someplace to stay out of the rain, someplace where there might be someone he could trust enough to talk to.†
Chpt 1.9
- Large groups had been his refuge, but they were dangerous now, and this was a huge group gathering at the school on the next hilltop.†
Chpt 1.9
- This place must have been another refuge, I thought, from that catalogue of memories and fears, especially fears for his family, which back then and even now seemed apt to open at random and all by itself in his mind.†
Chpt 2.12
- In interviews recorded for the memorial, Emmanuel had said that he'd come here to the technical school, seeking refuge, a couple of days before the grand slaughter had begun.†
Chpt 2.17
- On a day in 1994, after about two thousand Tutsis had taken refuge in the church, its priest had told the genocidaires, "Knock it down.†
Chpt 2.18
Definition:
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(refuge) something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place