Example sentences for: shrines

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

  • The Naiku (Inner Shrine) is the more important of the two shrines, as it is dedicated to Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess and supreme deity of Shinto.

  • The west wing — as at Knossós — was chiefly made up of shrines and storerooms and many objects of ritual were found during excavations here.

  • The ritual dismantling of the shrines every 20 years (known as sengu-shiki) goes back to prehistoric times, when sacred structures tended to be erected for special ceremonies rather than as permanent places of worship.

  • Zundel hired Leuchter to go to Auschwitz and examine the "alleged" gas chambers: Footage (taken by Zundel's cameraman) shows the little man chiseling at walls, vandalizing what even he admits are international shrines.

  • Both the Inner and Outer shrines comprise a main hall and two treasure houses, each enclosed within four fences.


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