How to Use haven in a Sentence

haven

noun
  • The inn is a haven for weary travelers.
  • This national park provides a safe haven for wildlife.
  • The shelter offers a haven from abusive spouses.
  • The walls of the home are their safe haven as the creature prowls the perimeter.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The refuge is a haven for a multitude of fish and bird species.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • By the next decade, safe havens would become law in all 50 states.
    Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
  • What changed to make Sin City one of the biggest sports havens in the country?
    Dana Jacobson, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And even outside of school hours, the area is a haven for walkers.
    Jillian Atelsek, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023
  • As a haven for rock climbers, there are hundreds of routes from both ends of the parks.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
  • The Houston Arboretum is a haven for wildlife—and wildlife lovers—in the heart of the city.
    Rebecca Treon, Chron, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The Mule closet serves as a safe haven for all of our students and staff.
    Maddie Boehnlein, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Another perk of this year-round haven is the lack of overgrowth.
    Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2023
  • With 2,970 square feet on two acres, this ranch is a haven for exploration.
    Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 6 May 2024
  • And in a lot of ways, religion have offered safe haven.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, our city’s Trini haven isn’t the first restaurant to carry these recipes.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
  • For Jasim, who is autistic, the site is a sensory paradise and a haven.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The North Carolina city was once viewed as a safe haven for climate refugees.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The goal of the project is to make the field the center of the community, while creating a safe haven for children to play and learn the game.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2023
  • From skiing centers to foliage havens, these are some of the best small towns in the Green Mountain State.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Tell it to the other 200 students at that small, safe private school that was supposed to be a haven.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Your bedroom is meant to be a haven, complete with the right decor choices to ensure a good night's rest.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 8 Dec. 2022
  • And, of course, there's plenty of fine dining, including the adorable Louisa's Cafe, a pint-sized haven for seafood lovers.
    Perri O. Blumberg, Country Living, 4 Aug. 2023
  • His passion for soccer is pushing him to provide a haven for those who love the sport.
    Esther Piccolino, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • Modern Israel was founded in 1948 as a safe haven for Jews.
    Reuters, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The Farmhouse also functions, in part, as an animal haven — and is now home to a pair of goats and a pair of ducks.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 Nov. 2022
  • What Kestis discovers is a tale of a hidden planet that could be a safe haven.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Al-Hol was created decades ago, in a stretch of scrubland about ten miles west of the Iraqi border, as a haven for refugees.
    Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The tech sector was a popular safe haven for traders during the height of the pandemic.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Until then, this region of hilly olive groves and winding, sea-view roads had been a relative haven, one that felt far away from the war dominating Beirut and the country’s south.
    Matt Bradley, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Safe havens are simply seeing more severe effects more slowly than some other regions.
    Devika Rao, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024

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