Example sentences for: sacred

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

  • The fairy-tale version of the Star Wars legacy, promulgated in most of this week's retrospectives/reviews, is that it reacquainted America with the magic of myth, sacred lore, and the romantic quest.

  • Indian troops were trained to bite the cartridges before loading their rifles, but some were greased with animal fat and the Indians felt they were ingesting either fat from the cow, sacred to the Hindus, or lard from the pig, abomination to the Muslims.

  • The back walls of the pylon have scenes of the yearly meetings of Horus and his consort Hathor, who traveled on a sacred barque (slender boat) from her temple at Denderah for the reunion on the Nile.

  • Words or letters or numbers on your clothes set you apart as some sort of human object, sacred like St. Anthony or shameful like Hester Prynne or maybe useful like a team member.

  • At the heart of the sanctuary, a small granite shrine once held the sacred barque of Horus himself.


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