temples

Example Sentences

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“You know, I had to make my immigrant father rub his temples even harder.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

The visit will include talks, a banquet, and a visit to the Temple of Heaven, a complex of imperial temples where emperors would pray for a good harvest.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He built vast temples to Mammon, some of which, heavy with debt, collapsed in a heap.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Under long‑standing arrangements, Jews may visit the compound -- which they revere as the site of the first and second Jewish temples -- but they are not permitted to pray there.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Maybe it wanted all the complicated social contraptions of whatever temples and markets they’d built.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri