hiding place
noun
: a place where someone or something is hidden or can be hidden
My favorite hiding place when I was a kid was in the attic.
Examples of hiding place in a Sentence
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Some 5,600 metres of ascent and absolutely no hiding place for anyone.
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Just as Jenner passed by, DeGeneres suddenly popped out from her hiding place and scared the 70-year-old reality star.
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Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Gold was supposed to be a hiding place for investors during a Middle East conflict.
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Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
From a hiding place, he was forced to watch as militants killed multiple members of his family — including his sister, who was hacked to death with an axe.
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Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
5 May 2026
During the incident, a woman and her daughter had just returned home in another vehicle when Conner and a second man popped out from a hiding place and attacked them.
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Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Visitors follow Otto Frank’s five-month journey back to Amsterdam after liberation, returning to a city that had lost around 70,000 Jewish residents and to his family’s hiding place, mostly emptied by the Nazis.
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Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
The agent shot at Routh, who was rousted from his hiding place and tried to escape before he was apprehended.
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David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
After just over two hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men found Routh guilty on all five counts, which included three federal gun charges and an assault on the Secret Service agent who rousted him from his hiding place.
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Juliette Arcodia,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Just as Jenner passed by, DeGeneres suddenly popped out from her hiding place and scared the 70-year-old reality star.
—
Kathleen Perricone,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Gold was supposed to be a hiding place for investors during a Middle East conflict.
—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2026
From a hiding place, he was forced to watch as militants killed multiple members of his family — including his sister, who was hacked to death with an axe.
—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
5 May 2026
During the incident, a woman and her daughter had just returned home in another vehicle when Conner and a second man popped out from a hiding place and attacked them.
—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Visitors follow Otto Frank’s five-month journey back to Amsterdam after liberation, returning to a city that had lost around 70,000 Jewish residents and to his family’s hiding place, mostly emptied by the Nazis.
—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
The agent shot at Routh, who was rousted from his hiding place and tried to escape before he was apprehended.
—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
After just over two hours of deliberations, the jury of seven women and five men found Routh guilty on all five counts, which included three federal gun charges and an assault on the Secret Service agent who rousted him from his hiding place.
—
Juliette Arcodia,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Hiding place.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hiding%20place. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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