temple
Example Sentences
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He taps his temple with his index finger.
From Literature
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I wonder if anything will be left of our temples, language, and customs?
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His temples pounded with a headache that matched the hard beat of his heart.
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“These sockets saw, and these jaws spoke and swallowed. This is a monument to them. A temple.”
From Salon
His graciousness even extended to the treatment of wooden water tanks, which he often wrapped in masonry to give them the appearance of little temples—much nicer to look at from the street.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.