sanctify

Example Sentences

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The sculptures lovingly sanctify a keystone’s rational but enigmatic contradiction of mechanics and function.

From Los Angeles Times

It is a lovely, gorgeously sung performance, sanctified by the suffering it embodies, of a woman who fought tirelessly for a husband who did not know how to love her back.

From Washington Post

The Eras Tour kicks off Friday with back-to-back shows in Glendale, Ariz., whose mayor temporarily rebranded the town as “Swift City” to sanctify the launch.

From Los Angeles Times

It allows disenfranchised people, especially disenfranchised white men, to regain a sense of power, however illusory, and sanctifies their hatred and rage.

From Salon

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