Examples of “safe haven” in a Sentence

noun A place where someone threatened, frightened or persecuted can go and be protected from harm.

• The shelter offers a safe haven for women leaving violent partners.
• The city became a safe haven for refugees crossing the border.

noun An investment expected to hold or gain value when markets fall, such as gold, government bonds or a strong currency.

• Investors piled into gold as a safe haven after the crash.
• The franc has long been treated as a safe haven currency.

noun Under safe haven laws in the United States, a designated place such as a hospital or fire station where a parent may legally surrender a newborn baby anonymously.

• The baby was left at a fire station under the state's safe haven law.