Example sentences for: sanctuary

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

  • Eleusis was home to the Sanctuary of Demeter and the Eleusian Mysteries — a series of complex and enigmatic rituals only performed by initiates of the order.

  • A short boatride from Port Lucaya takes you to Sanctuary Bay and the UNEXSO Dolphin Experience.

  • The caryatids — female figures used as pillars — are thought to represent the Arrephoroi (maidens who attended to the goddess Athena and performed rituals in the sanctuary and the temple), as they all originally carried libation vessels in their hands.

  • But there is no anticipation of sanctuary to be found in their faces.

  • Inside, left of the Baroque nave, go down to Naples’ earliest known Christian sanctuary, the fourth-century Ba­si­li­ca of Santa Restituta, in which the original Roman columns survived the 1688 earthquake.


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