sanctify

Example Sentences

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It is that the law will sanctify it.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

These shrines laden with incense, flowers and other offerings sanctify its gardens, waters and the surrounding landscape, and they highlight the psychic malaise dominating most of its visitors.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2025

Also taken from the home that day was a 19th-century kiddush cup typically used to sanctify the Sabbath and Jewish holidays.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2023

Enshrined, meaning to cherish, revere, exalt, consecrate and sanctify, is a word of dignity and respect now side-by-side with same-sex marriages and families, and interracial families.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin