Example sentences for: temples

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

  • Here Ming architects and artisans produced some of China’s most elegant palaces, temples, and parks, including the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, masterpieces that survive today.

  • Although small temples and shrines remain, visitors will enjoy exploring the covered shopping arcade between Shijo and Sanjo streets, famous for its second-hand bookstores, traditional hand-made paper (washi) shops, trendy but sometimes creative clothing stores, and numerous pickle shops.

  • Engakuji, founded in 1282, became the second most important in the group of monasteries called the Gozan (“Five Mountains”), a hierarchy established in the 14th century for the Zen temples under the official patronage of the shogunate.

  • All are in easy reach of Naples’ museums, the archaeological remains of Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Vesuvius volcano, and farther down the coast, the Greek temples of Paestum.

  • Golden Buddha statues in several of Buddha’s aspects adorn the temples, and overlooking them is the 17-story Flower Pagoda, a slender relic of the Song dynasty (a.d.


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