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11 total sentences available.
Then, like wolves ravening in a black fog, whom mad malice of hunger hath driven blindly forth, and their cubs left behind await with throats unslaked; through the weapons of the enemy we march to certain death, and hold our way straight into the town. Night's sheltering shadow flutters dark around us.
Source: tatoeba (6777966)
His ships he hides within a sheltering cove, / screened by the caverned rock, and shadowed by the grove, / then wielding in his hand two broad-tipt spears, / alone with brave Achates forth he strayed.
Source: tatoeba (6786832)
But lo! the serpents to Tritonia's seat / glide from their victim, till the shrine they gain, / and, coiled beside the goddess, at her feet, / behind her sheltering shield with gathered orbs retreat.
Source: tatoeba (6814592)
Sheltering kids does them a disservice.
Source: tatoeba (11168248)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.
Closest matches include asylum, buffer, cocooning, cover seeking, covering.
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