Examples of “shrine” in a Sentence

noun A place considered sacred and dedicated to a deity, saint, or revered figure.

• Pilgrims travel for miles to visit the mountain shrine.
• Visitors left offerings of rice and incense at the quiet roadside shrine.
• A small stone shrine stood at the entrance to the old temple garden.

noun A collection of items honoring someone or something, arranged with reverence.

• Fans built a small shrine of flowers and photos outside the singer's old house.
• His bedroom was a shrine to his favorite football team, covered in scarves and posters.
• After she died, the family kept her study as a shrine to her memory.

verb To enshrine; to treat with reverence, as if placing in a shrine.

• Her achievements are shrined in the museum's permanent collection.
• The old letters were shrined in a glass case at the village library.
• He shrined his grandfather's medals on the mantelpiece, safe from dust and sunlight.