Explore Enshrine through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like shrine or revere. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Enshrine meaning
- To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
- To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
- To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
Using Enshrine
- The main meaning on this page is: To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest. | To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence. | To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
- Useful related words include: shrine, revere, fear, reverence.
- In the example corpus, enshrine often appears in combinations such as: to enshrine, enshrine the, enshrine abortion.
Context around Enshrine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Enshrine
- In this selection, "enshrine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, constitutionally, abortion, telework and reproductive stand out and add context to how "enshrine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bill to enshrine abortion rights and constitution to enshrine a first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "enshrine" sits close to words such as accrington, agonizing and allocates, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with enshrine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
California lawmakers are trying to enshrine the right to housing in the state’s constitution. (15 words)
Burhan and Dagalo jointly orchestrated an October 2021 coup, derailing efforts to enshrine a civilian government. (16 words)
The referendum will ask Australians to constitutionally enshrine an Indigenous advisory body known as the voice. (16 words)
I am writing in support of the Pine Tree Amendment (L.D. 928), a bill in the Legislature that would enshrine into Maine’s constitution the right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment for all people. (39 words)
The most recent Resolve Political Monitor survey, published in the Nine newspapers on Monday, showed 43 per cent of voters supported a plan to enshrine an Indigenous Voice into the constitution, down 20 percentage points from a year ago. (39 words)
The deputy party leader told Labour’s conference in Liverpool that plans to boost protections for gig workers and enshrine basic employment rights from the first day of starting a job had not been watered down. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A bill that would enshrine telework for state employees in law was rejected Tuesday by a House committee.
Abortion rights advocates said this week that they would appeal a decision by a Nevada judge to reject a 2024 ballot initiative to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution.
Abortion up to 24 weeks is protected in Nevada law, and the state legislature recently to enshrine the law in the state constitution.
A referendum is expected to be called a some time between October and December, 2023, to ask Australians whether they agree to changing the constitution to enshrine a First Nations voice to parliament.
Asked if he had broken his campaign promise, Hamby said that he is working to enshrine public input in district policy and that “we’re not moving water to any other places.
Burhan and Dagalo jointly orchestrated an October 2021 coup, derailing efforts to enshrine a civilian government.
But New York has long been at the forefront of the drive for abortion access and New York has moved to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution.
By giving a teacher absolute autonomy to address a student as the teacher wishes, these laws seek to enshrine a dangerous and unorthodox notion of religious freedom.
California lawmakers are trying to enshrine the right to housing in the state’s constitution.
Democrats up for reelection next year in an increasingly red Ohio are throwing themselves into this November’s ballot fight to enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution.
I am writing in support of the Pine Tree Amendment (L.D. 928), a bill in the Legislature that would enshrine into Maine’s constitution the right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment for all people.
Macron announces a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitutionPlacards read "My body my choice" (L) and "Abortion in the Constitution" at rally outside the Senate in Paris, February 1, 2023.
Rishi Sunak should reflect on the legacy he wants to leave behind, much as Theresa May did when she used her final weeks in office to enshrine net zero targets in law.
That is in contrast to Issue 1, a ballot measure to enshrine abortion and other reproductive rights in the state constitution that was also passed by Ohio voters on Tuesday.
The charges were found to be unjust and were dropped, and a subsequent court ruling helped to enshrine students’ right to protest.
The deputy party leader told Labour’s conference in Liverpool that plans to boost protections for gig workers and enshrine basic employment rights from the first day of starting a job had not been watered down.
The most recent Resolve Political Monitor survey, published in the Nine newspapers on Monday, showed 43 per cent of voters supported a plan to enshrine an Indigenous Voice into the constitution, down 20 percentage points from a year ago.
The purpose of the Voice to Parliament is to enshrine it in the Constitution, so that it cannot be removed.
The referendum will ask Australians to constitutionally enshrine an Indigenous advisory body known as the voice.
A crying woman holds the "Fondation des Femmes" women's rights group flag in Paris, on March 4, during the broadcast of parliament's decision to enshrine abortion rights in the French constitution.
Common combinations with enshrine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to enshrine 40×
- enshrine the 14×
- enshrine abortion 9×
- would enshrine 7×
- and enshrine 6×
- enshrine in 6×
- will enshrine 3×
- enshrine reproductive 2×
- enshrine into 2×
- enshrine an 2×