Example sentences for: shrines

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

  • Temmangu shrines around the country typically feature statues of seated cows and bulls believed to have healing properties.

  • Thousands may be found in various shrines, cathedrals, and on saints’ clothing throughout the Southwest and of course in Mexico.

  • During more than a thousand years it has evolved into a complex of nearly 200 temples and shrines.

  • In the late 19 th century, Serbian nationalists had built up national myths about the heroics of Prince Lazar and cast Kosovo's status as a Jerusalem-like holy land populated with Orthodox religious shrines.

  • Yard shrines that incorporate a nicho are set up as a place of worship in the yard to commemorate a deceased relative or as a fulfillment of a vow.


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