enshrined; enshrining; enshrines
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Examples of enshrine in a Sentence
some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar
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Recipients are enshrined at the APSE Red Smith Hall of Fame, located at the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center in downtown Indianapolis.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The funds are used to pay for the creation and installation of the star and ceremony, as well as maintenance of the Walk of Fame.
More than 2,700 honorees are currently enshrined on the walk.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
The furniture designer enshrined sensitivity, not domination, as the key to sublime design, in contrast to the ornate embellishments of Art Deco and the factory aesthetics of the postwar era, which embraced machinery as a human triumph.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Whatever the next move for Sweeney, she’s undoubtedly been enshrined as one of Hollywood’s hot young stars.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
The exemption was never enshrined in a law that the Supreme Court views as equitable.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The legal challenge, filed Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, is the first new lawsuit since Ohio voters enshrined reproductive rights in the state constitution in November.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
There was no sector of the law, no constitutional provision, that enshrined farm boys from Idaho as property who could be bought and sold.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Illinois is currently crafting legislation to enshrine protections for wetlands.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024
Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The funds are used to pay for the creation and installation of the star and ceremony, as well as maintenance of the Walk of Fame.
More than 2,700 honorees are currently enshrined on the walk.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 Apr. 2024
The furniture designer enshrined sensitivity, not domination, as the key to sublime design, in contrast to the ornate embellishments of Art Deco and the factory aesthetics of the postwar era, which embraced machinery as a human triumph.
—Evan Moffitt, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Whatever the next move for Sweeney, she’s undoubtedly been enshrined as one of Hollywood’s hot young stars.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2024
The exemption was never enshrined in a law that the Supreme Court views as equitable.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
The legal challenge, filed Friday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, is the first new lawsuit since Ohio voters enshrined reproductive rights in the state constitution in November.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2024
There was no sector of the law, no constitutional provision, that enshrined farm boys from Idaho as property who could be bought and sold.
—Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Illinois is currently crafting legislation to enshrine protections for wetlands.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Enshrine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/enshrine. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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enshrine
verb
en·shrine
in-ˈshrīn 
enshrined; enshrining
1
: to enclose in or as if in a shrine
2
: to preserve or cherish as sacred
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