Sanctity in example sentence

He asked the missionary what the Cow's Mouth was like, and Estes explained archeologically, architecturally, and philologically to such good purpose that Tarvin understood that it was some sort of a hole in the ground - an ancient, a remarkably ancient, hole of peculiar sanctity, but nothing more than a hole.

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And one is there to preserve the dignity and sanctity of the Mall.

Something about that exchange stuck with me, not because of the look of relief on Pia's face when I finally finished, but because it related to the sanctity of the money supply, a sanctity that had been challenged and questioned by the reaction of central banks to the financial crisis.

So I tell them that growing up, as a kid in a Catholic family in New Orleans, during Lent I was always taught that the most meaningful thing one could do was to give something up, sacrifice something you typically indulge in to prove to God you understand his sanctity.

Humanitarian aid workers know the risk they are taking in conflict areas or in post-conflict environments, yet our life, our job, is becoming increasingly life-threatening, and the sanctity of our life is fading.

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