Example sentences for: sanctuary

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

  • Nearby is Tokeiji, familiarly known as the “Divorce Temple,” which was unique as a sanctuary for the women of the warrior caste seeking an escape from unhappy marriages.

  • ..half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs) and half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.”

  • It added that in the long term, the only way to deal with the threat was to end al Qaeda's ability to use Afghanistan as a sanctuary for its operations.

  • Though Tutankhamun could have been among them, the Egyptian authorities made the decision to return him to the Valley of the Kings and he now rests once again in the inner sanctuary of his tomb in a stone sarcophagus.

  • Walking back to the center of the plateau you’ll pass scant remains of the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia founded in the fourth century b.c., but your eyes will be drawn to the immense structure of the Parthenon, which dominates today’s Acropolis site.


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