Example sentences for: shrine

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

  • Since Japan’s Shinto deities are believed to permeate the natural surroundings — in this case, a beautiful cedar forest — the man-made shrine is just there for the fleeting present moment.

  • Cave paintings and prehistoric remains, including a shrine to the goddess Noctiluca, have been found and there is a beautiful underground lake with stalactites.

  • To take in the sight of the great shrine against the glorious setting sun, spend the night at one of Miyajima’s many Japanese-style hotels and inns, preferably a family-run ryokan or pension (see page 228).After dinner, don your cotton yukata robe and pad out the short distance back to the Itsukushima Shrine.

  • The mirror is kept to this day at the Shinto shrine of Ise-Shima.

  • During the six months following the assassination, 9 million came, and by 1968, the Kennedy shrine was attracting 7 million people a year.


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