Example sentences for: shrines

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

  • It has three meru-topped shrines dedicated to Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu.

  • This aesthetic can be observed in the creation of yard shrines, graveyard sites, and in home decorating.

  • The small trail-side shrines in the high mountains, called chortens, are also Buddhist, and often surrounded by stones carved with the Om mani padme hum incantation —  “Hail, jewel in the flower of the lotus.”

  • In some parts of the Southwest these outdoor shrines are also called grutas, “grottos,” and the two words are often used interchangeably.

  • At the rear of Wanshou Temple is a large rock garden with shrines to the gods of three of Buddhism’s sacred mountains in China, two pavilions built in 1761 (one housing a stone tablet with the engraved signature of Emperor Qianlong), and two arched gates constructed in the style of 18th-century Europe.


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