Sanctuary is an English word with synonyms like property or asylum. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Sanctuary in a sentence
Sanctuary meaning
- A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
- An area set aside for protection.
- A state of being protected, asylum.
Using Sanctuary
- The main meaning on this page is: A place of safety, refuge, or protection. | An area set aside for protection. | A state of being protected, asylum.
- Useful related words include: place, property, refuge, asylum.
- In the example corpus, sanctuary often appears in combinations such as: the sanctuary, sanctuary in, animal sanctuary.
Example sentences (20)
Oxford City of Sanctuary is part of the wider City of Sanctuary Local Authority Network, which seeks to provide support, dignity and welcome to refugees and those seeking sanctuary.
Crosskennan Lane Animal Sanctuary have posted numerous reports in recent weeks of an influx of kittens at their Co Antrim sanctuary.
Pat Craig, executive director of the Wild Animal Sanctuary, said that when the recent roundups were planned, the sanctuary was asked if it could provide a home for horses on its southeast Colorado refuge.
Along the way, participants have passed through notable stations, including Tel Marib, South Shah, Al Maha Sanctuary "Bab bin Madhiah," Al Maha Sanctuary "Al Khor," Al Dwayseah, South Al Quo'a, and North Al Quo'a.
California has been a sanctuary state since January 2014, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which tracks sanctuary city laws across the country.
Malmesbury Animal Sanctuary is asking everyone in the area to search their gardens, keep a look out and to inform the shelter if they have witnessed any suspicious behaviour around the sanctuary.
There are protected areas at nearby Chundikulam Bird Sanctuary and Vankalai Sanctuary in Mannar, a Tamil-populated region in the northwest.
Ecuador made a part of the Galapagos a wildlife sanctuary in 1935, and the sanctuary became the Galapagos National Park in 1959.
I called Rav Dovid Feinstein shlita and he gave the same Psak that if it is not in the main sanctuary entrance and not in the main sanctuary, he said there was no problem.
Oh, I just thought of something, since the state of California is a sanctuary state can’t the general public claim sanctuary at a park or a beach?
Seven people spoke in the citizen comments portion of the meeting on the sanctuary subject; four in favor of a sanctuary resolution, three opposed.
Theo Ogundipe as Vliste-Staba/The Sanctuary Tree - Another non-puppet character, Theo Ogundipe voices The Sanctuary Tree, Vliste-Staba, a wise tree that grows on the mountains above Grot.
A decade ago, Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary had a horseshoe crab education program that hatched eggs and kept them in their display aquariums, according to sanctuary director Robert Prescott.
Allen said, if elected, he would reverse California’s status as a sanctuary state in his first 100 days in office and restrict funding to sanctuary cities.
Back at the Sanctuary and the Hilltop, peace seems to be in place, but Daryl is in charge, at the sanctuary, while Maggie is still holding court at the Hilltop.
For “Sanctuary”, 36 artists from 21 different countries helped design contemporary rugs reflecting their idea of a sanctuary, offering visitors a multiplicity of perspectives on the basic need for refuge, protection and sacred ground.
Homan said sanctuary locations are responsible for “a victimization of the American community” and sanctuary policies release dangerous criminals back into communities.
Sasha Farm Sanctuary in Michigan adopted 128 birds, the most of any sanctuary.
The Government should not wait to see if another country offers sanctuary, we should have had the conviction to lead on this matter and offer sanctuary ourselves straight away”.
The Messiah’s Sanctuary tour is broken into 9 sections, each lasting about 15 minutes, Groups as small 1 and as large 50 are guided by a tour through the symbols and meanings of the Sanctuary.
Common combinations with sanctuary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sanctuary 40×
- sanctuary in 26×
- animal sanctuary 19×
- sanctuary and 15×
- of sanctuary 13×
- wildlife sanctuary 11×
- sanctuary city 10×
- sanctuary for 10×
- sanctuary of 10×
- sanctuary wealth 9×