How to Use sanctity in a Sentence

sanctity

noun

• Books were the most acute threat to the sanctity of the bordered self.
  — Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
• This is the sanctity of the game, the sacred purity of the game.
  — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2021
• His sanctity was so great that even creatures of the sea would pay him homage.
  — Anna Della Subin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
• Aiden has to learn the sanctity of love — for Elijah and for himself — to find his own sense of grace.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• The cause of restoring the sanctity of life to the center of American law is the calling of our time.
  — CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
• Those that talk about the sanctity of life, prove it by protecting the lives of children.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 30 May 2022
• The classy move would have been to stay above it — the sanctity of the pinstripes and all that — but that’s not reality.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
• Many Israelis respect the sanctity of the place as the holiest site in Judaism.
  — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2023
• Now, evil threatens the sovereignty of one country and the sanctity of all others.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2022
• No one believes in the sanctity of life more than the men and women of the Fort Smith Police Department.
  — Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 17 Oct. 2021
• It was simply meant to be enjoyed within the sanctity of their own homes.
  — Maryam Jillani, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2021
• Dacus and Bridgers both sing of the sanctity of their inner selves, about protecting what’s theirs and theirs alone.
  — Susannah Felts, Longreads, 27 Apr. 2023
• Much of the debate over the issue now seems to occur in the abstract, concerned with the sanctity of life and the metaphysics of conception.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 7 June 2022
• To be sure, the progressives who lecture us on the sanctity of the electoral process are the same ones who subverted it five years ago.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
• What could matter more to a teen, for example, than the sanctity of her bedroom?
  — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
• People munched potato chips and sipped their beer with the sanctity of communion wafers and wine.
  — Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 19 Sep. 2022
• In many of these cases, politicians spoke of the sanctity of the maternal bond and the purity of Asian women.
  — Hannah Beech Nadia Shira Cohen, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2022
• In Jerusalem, the desires for knowledge, wealth and sanctity were hard to untangle.
  — Andrew Lawler, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2022
• Senate Democrats stood united to protect our democracy and the sanctity of the vote.
  — ABC News, 13 July 2021
• By affirming the right to vote and the sanctity of our elections, the Senate can give everyone a voice in that debate.
  — Jaime Harrison, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
• The Giants are, in fact, about to violate the sanctity of baseball itself.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2021
• There is the slight tilt of the head, which recalls countless depictions of the Madonna, but also the wry smile that dispels any whiff of sanctity.
  — Anna Mundow, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2023
• And despite his Muslim faith, which emphasizes the sanctity of the body even in death, Adil had chosen to be an organ donor.
  — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Feb. 2022
• This is about whether the sanctity of American elections here on out will be marred with violence and with fraud.
  — NBC News, 16 Oct. 2022
• That a woman can’t be a priest is not an impediment to sanctity — or to health, for goodness’ sake.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 3 May 2021
• Some but not all members who voted against the amendment cited the sanctity of human life.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022
• Public supports for the sanctity of Black life must be matched by policy deeds.
  — Peniel E. Joseph, CNN, 11 May 2021
• By facing faith's most troubling questions head-on, Simone probes with the sanctity of a gospel — and in the quiet of her words, offers a path for all of us to find more grace.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
• The sanctity of life has been our party’s calling for half a century — long before Donald Trump was a part of it.
  — Jill Colvin and Thomas Beaumont, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• It isn't called the Breakfast Klub for nothing—the all-day breakfast cafe is a friendly place to gather for all who respect the sanctity of a hearty morning meal.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 13 July 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024