Example sentences for: altars

How can you use “altars” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The altars are wonderful artistic creations, a form of folk art, with local artists participating and involving children in the making of calaveras (skeletons), papel picado (cut tissue paper), paper flowers, and other decorations.

  • It has Gothic arches, a splendid inlaid cedar ceiling of Moorish design, beautifully carved blue-and-gold choir stalls, gilded altars, and a sprinkling of nice azulejos (blue-and-white ceramic tiles).

  • See also Altars; Grutas; Yard Shrines

  • During Día de los Muertos, altars are set up in galleries and exhibit halls as artistic and cultural expressions, with ofrendas created for particularly known individuals.

  • These skulls may be placed on home altars or given as gifts to children, family, and friends.


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