Sheltering Sentence Examples

The fact that a considerable number of people sheltering under trees are killed by lightning is generally accepted as a convincing proof of the unwisdom of the proceeding.

To the north as far as the rocky point of St Gildas, sheltering the mouth of the Loire, the shore, often occupied by salt marshes (marshes of Poitou and Brittany), is low-lying and hollowed by deep bays sheltered by large islands, those of Olron and Re lying opposite the ports of Rochefort and La Rochelle, while Noirmoutier closes the Bay of Bourgneuf.

It is pleasantly situated on the river Derwent, at the junction of the Cocker, outlying hills of the Lake District sheltering it on the north, east and south.

Duncan left sons, Malcolm, called Canmore (great head), and Donald Ban; and in 1054 Siward, earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, whether acting under the order of Edward the Confessor in favour of the claims of Malcolm Canmore, or merely to punish Macbeth for sheltering Norman fugitives from the Confessor's court.

The Andes, although much broken in these latitudes, also exert a modifying influence on these eastern districts, sheltering them from the cold westerly storms and giving them a drier climate.

His father, Fatli Ali Khan, after sheltering Shah Tahmasp II.

Banana, close to the mouth of the Congo and Banana Point, possesses one of the best natural harbours on the west coast of Africa, and is capable of sheltering vessels of the largest tonnage.

A neck of land stretching towards the south-west forms the harbour on its eastern side, sheltering it from the force of the open sea, and enclosing an expanse of water from 5 to 7 m.

Unlike the Scottish Highlands no part of them was capable of sheltering a whole native race in opposition to the advance of civilization, though early customs, tradition and the common use of the Erse language yet survive in some strength in the wilder parts of the west.

There are mountains rising with alpine grandeur above the snow-line, but often sheltering rich and magnificent valleys at their Surface.

Daphnia are found in large numbers sheltering under floating aquatics such as water-lilies.

He is also a proud man who firmly believes he can engineer happiness for his family by sheltering them from his own emotions.

Sheltering from the rain in the hide at Ternery Pool yesterday (7th) was a humming bird hawk moth.

Whilst sheltering in the first house, the General shot a german infantryman through the ground floor window.

Taking stable iodine is combined with sheltering or evacuation.

Still fronting the lane, this is a very shady corner with some tall sheltering trees.

When planting, because of their early flowering, positions sheltering them from north and east should be selected, in order that the young tender shoots and flowers may escape the ill effects of spring frosts.

Cut back perennials to prevent insects from sheltering over winter.

The answer depends on your chosen tomato varieties, your climate zone, and whether you have any means of sheltering them once they are planted.

It lacks the protective aspect of a sheltering wall, but at the right angle and location could could still work beautifully and the little bit it loses in protection it gains in ease of access.

But when the option is between sheltering under a tree and remaining in the open it is not so clear.

The city's charitable institutions include the Memorial (1903), Virginia Sheltering Arms (1889) and St Luke's hospitals, the Retreat for the Sick (1877), the Eye, Nose, Ear and Throat Infirmary (1880), the Confederate Soldiers' Home (1884), supported jointly by the state and the city, a Home for Needy Confederate Women (1900), the City Almshouse and Hospital, and several orphanages and homes for the aged.

The fresh branches, with their thick mat of foliage, are useful to the gardener for sheltering wall-fruit in the spring.

The galley-slips around Zea were roofed by a row of gables supported by stone columns, each gable sheltering two triremes.

The state also makes annual grants directly to owners who are willing to place their plantations under state supervision, for the sale of plants at half price to the poorer peasantry, for making protective or sheltering plantations, and for free transport of marl or loam.

Ere long they grew so bold that they would stay ashore for months, braving the forces of a whole kingdom, and sheltering themselves in great palisaded camps on peninsulas or islands when the enemy pressed, them too hard.