shrine
Example Sentences
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A bronze shrine in the west wall suited what President Calvin Coolidge would later call “a great spiritual document.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
He did, however, insist on the "Poldark shrine" in the women's toilets being taken down.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
In Iraq's holy city of Najaf, the majestic shrine of Imam Ali stands quiet, its vast courtyards no longer echoing with the multilingual whispers of pilgrims from before the Middle East war.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The shrine is the ornate burial place of Ali -- the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, the fourth Islamic caliph and the first Shia Imam.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
Vocabulary lists containing shrine
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