How to Use enclave in a Sentence

enclave

noun
Definition of enclavenext
Synonyms for enclavenext
  • The piece of land sits in Bal Harbour, an affluent enclave.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In a dog-loving, progressive enclave, where pushing law and order can clash with calls for social justice, what’s the right thing to do?
    — John Leland, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The danger was real, and it could be seen in the evolving pattern of Israeli strikes, which moved from Shiite enclaves to what had been considered safe areas in the mountains and the north.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • At that point, Katie and I lived in the sort of ethnic enclave where we were shuttled to various private tutors during the summers and received packets of math problems to complete.
    — Chelsea Leu, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Even so, self-driving cars have found themselves a little enclave in the Bay Area.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Zahra was trapped behind Hamas lines in an enclave in Northern Gaza.
    — Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 12 May 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The world slows down, the light begins to dip behind the crown of the brownstones across the street—and for at least a few moments, there is no world outside of the stoop’s magical enclave.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2024
  • For nearly two decades, the terrorist group has maintained an iron grip on its coastal enclave.
    — Sean Durns, National Review, 31 Jan. 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
  • There are concerns in northern Gaza that Israel may be planning to remove civilians from that part of the enclave and push them south.
    — Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
  • 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

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