How to Use enclave in a Sentence

enclave

noun
  • For nearly two decades, the terrorist group has maintained an iron grip on its coastal enclave.
    Sean Durns, National Review, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Ceuta, a tiny Spanish enclave at the tip of North Africa, has emerged as a new hub for Russian crude oil trade.
    Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Nearly all of the seaside enclave’s 2.3 million people are displaced, with entire cities bombed into mountains of rubble.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Most of those in Rafah have moved there to avoid fighting elsewhere in the enclave.
    Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The immensity of the Sinai Desert forced the survivors to remain in the enclave.
    Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • But in enclaves where the thuds of artillery serve as white noise, war is never far away.
    Emile Ducke Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The chic enclave even hosted a Louis Vuitton menswear show last year.
    Peter Neville-Hadley, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • News of the sandy enclave, at odds with the rocky outcrops of Portofino and Amalfi, quickly spread.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Adding to Gazans’ woes, doctors last week detected the first case of polio in the enclave in 25 years.
    Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • At that point Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in northern Gaza.
    CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in Northern Gaza.
    Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • Read on to learn why this Dominica enclave continues to top the list.
    Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
  • The operation had a high toll on Gazans in the area, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
    Mohamad El Chamaa, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
  • Only a few dozen Black residents still live in the enclave of modest homes along dirt roads.
    Sharon Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Israel had tens of thousands of soldiers in the Palestinian enclave at the height of the war, the outlet reported.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The agency, one of the largest employers in the enclave, has been a vital lifeline for Palestinians in Gaza for decades.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • This has created an awkward clash in the West Maui resort enclave of Kā’anapali.
    Leilani Marie Labong, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Mountain Brook is the wealthiest enclave in the state of Alabama.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The ramming took place near the ultraorthodox Israeli enclave of Ramot in East Jerusalem.
    Aaron Boxerman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Glendale is an enclave surrounded by the city of Denver.
    San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Their table was set in a private, candlelit, leafy enclave.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 27 July 2023
  • And while two convoys of aid trucks crossed into Gaza from Egypt over the weekend, relief agencies warned that the needs of the 2 million people in the enclave are vast.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • As Labor Day nears, all that will be set aside, at least this weekend, in college football enclaves across the country.
    Billy Witz, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • According to a new report from Realtor.com, the New England enclave has seen a shocking spike in home prices since the pandemic.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Israeli forces pierced deeper into the Gaza Strip as part of a new phase of the war, a ground incursion of the enclave’s south after aerial and ground attacks in the north.
    Andrew jeong, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Rafah has become a last refuge for Palestinians fleeing south to avoid Israel’s air and ground campaigns across the rest of the crowded enclave.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This is more than 80% of the enclave’s entire population.
    Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Anti-drag protesters have even found a place in liberal enclaves, such as New York City, in the last handful of months.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • That waiting game seems poised to become even more dangerous as the death toll inside the enclave continues to rise.
    Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Nearby, Quinta do Lago, a sprawling enclave of luxury hotels, chic restaurants, charming shops and desirable real estate, puts you at the heart of the beauty.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

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