Example sentences for: mausoleum

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

  • Chinese pilgrims of all political persuasions come from many countries to honor the founder of the Chinese Republic at the Mausoleum of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshanling), in the Purple Hills east of Nanjing.

  • Lenin in his mausoleum is an historical symbol of our past, but I agree with Alexiy II, patriarch of all Russia, when he says that it isn't Christian-like behavior to keep the body of a long-dead person on public display."

  • Finally Victor Hugo’s gigantic funeral in 1885 settled the issue in favor of a secular mausoleum.

  • Also located on the south side of Tiananmen Square is the Mao Zedong Mausoleum (Mao Zhuxi Jinian Bei), opened in 1977, a year after the Chairman’s death.

  • More pagan temple than church, it served as a mausoleum for the cultivated but cruel tyrant, Sigismondo Malatesta, and his mistress (later wife), Isotta degli Atti.


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