SANCTUARY in a Sentence
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26 example sentences for SANCTUARY, such as:
1. The work was her one refuge, her sanctuary.
2. Women were forbidden to enter the sanctuary.
3. The sanctuary of virtue cannot cohabit longer.
4. Thee likewise a mighty sanctuary awaits in our realm.
5. It was a jumble, but also it was a sort of little sanctuary.
2. Women were forbidden to enter the sanctuary.
3. The sanctuary of virtue cannot cohabit longer.
4. Thee likewise a mighty sanctuary awaits in our realm.
5. It was a jumble, but also it was a sort of little sanctuary.
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Meanings and Examples of SANCTUARY
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sanctuary
n. a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
n. a shelter from danger or hardship
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 But the two snakes glide away to the high sanctuary and seek the fierce Tritonian's citadel, and take shelter under the goddess' feet beneath the circle of her shield.
2 I move on, and revisit the citadel and Priam's dwelling; where now in the spacious porticoes of Juno's sanctuary, Phoenix and accursed Ulysses, chosen sentries, were guarding the spoil.
3 Scarcely had I spoken thus; suddenly all seemed to shake, all the courts and laurels of the god, the whole hill to be stirred round about, and the cauldron to moan in the opening sanctuary.
4 Thee likewise a mighty sanctuary awaits in our realm.
5 Next he points out the wide grove where valiant Romulus set his sanctuary, and the Lupercal in the cool hollow of the rock, dedicate to Lycean Pan after the manner of Parrhasia.
6 The work was her one refuge, her sanctuary.
7 But it was not really a refuge, a sanctuary, because she had no connexion with it.
8 It was a jumble, but also it was a sort of little sanctuary.
9 This manuscript, in which she already perceived more light than obscurity, produced upon her the effect of a half-open sanctuary.
10 The soul enters into contemplation before that sanctuary where the celebration of love takes place.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
11 The sanctuary of virtue cannot cohabit longer.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IV—A BOTTLE OF INK WHICH ONLY SUCCEEDED IN WHITEN...
12 It was Erik, her fellow outcast, to whom she wanted to run for sanctuary.
13 Then, hear," said Simeon: "When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me until I went unto the sanctuary of God.
14 The gates of the sanctuary screen were closed, the curtain was slowly drawn, and from behind it a soft mysterious voice pronounced some words.
15 They have almost all died unawares, sitting in the sanctuary they had guarded and which is now no more.
Example Sentence:
1 His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fled the civil war.
2 Illegal immigrants found/sought/took sanctuary in a local church.
3 Women were forbidden to enter the sanctuary.
4 This island is maintained as a sanctuary for endangered species.
5 Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
6 The cleansing of the sanctuary is a happy token for good to any people; when they begin to be reformed they will soon be relieved.
7 The forest, which is city's green lung is also a wildlife sanctuary and the leopard natural habitat.
8 The Toronto Zoo board did plenty of trumpeting Tuesday over delays in moving their three African elephants to a California sanctuary.