Example sentences for: shrines

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

  • Small shrines lead from the hall, honoring local gods, and a temple to Imhotep, the great architect of the pyramids who was deified in the centuries after his death.

  • 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.

  • During a full moon, childless couples pray at the stone shrines depicting lingam and yoni (male and female genitalia).

  • Like the shrines, the bridge is renewed every two decades.

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


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