Example sentences for: shrine

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

  • The entire shrine was constructed without nails or cross beams, its magnificent arched ceiling supported by 28 carved pillars.

  • A milagro is literally a miracle, but in folk religious practices milagros are tiny objects presented to a saint at a shrine or church, as a token or offering intended to fulfill a vow made to that saint.

  • From Harajuku Station on the Japan Railways Yamanote loop line, it’s but a few steps to Meiji Jingu, the shrine dedicated to the spirits of the Emperor Meiji (who died in 1912) and the Empress Shoken.

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

  • Across the world, an 18 th century war shrine in the Japanese town of Nara once contained the ears of 20,000 Koreans.


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