How to use "sanctuary" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sanctuary" in popular movie and book plots

  • Mr Mehlor and Ray are killed in the shoot out, and Jim and Tom escape in a boat, finding sanctuary in the church.  - Hard Rain (film)
  • X-Force is approached by the mutant Exodus, who brings an offer of sanctuary from an unknown greater power.  - Fatal Attractions (comics)
  • Once granted permission by the sextons, the mayor takes control of the sanctuary and tomb for further investigation.  - St. Erkenwald (poem)
  • Later, after an assassination attempt on her, Jessica seeks sanctuary with Fremen dissidents.  - Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
  • Because of this the owner of the cat sanctuary refuses to give Lisa any more cats.  - I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot
  • He asked that the Noble House give aid and sanctuary to Sun Yat-sen and to assist him to overthrow the Manchu dynasty.  - The Asian Saga
  • Sladden is overcome by a powerful telekinetic force emanating from the alien craft and flees to the sanctuary of a church.  - Quatermass and the Pit (film)
  • He battles indifference, the legal system, and often even the boys, to build a sanctuary that he calls Boys Town.  - Boys Town (film)
  • Link follows him to the mysterious sanctuary where the Four Sword lies in the Pedestal, keeping the great evil sealed away.  - The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
  • A doomed man seeks sanctuary at Tom's cabin, but Tom refuses and threatens to shoot him if he does not leave.  - Pumpkinhead (film)
  • Father Gabriel's mission is depicted as a place of sanctuary and education for the Guaraní.  - The Mission (1986 film)
  • Pelias slays one of the king's daughters, Briseis (Davina Taylor), as she seeks sanctuary in the temple of the goddess Hera (Honor Blackman).  - Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film)
  • The children flee down the river with the doll and take sanctuary with Rachel Cooper, a tough old woman who looks after stray children.  - The Night of the Hunter (film)
  • David mentions knowing someone running a bird sanctuary in North Carolina, and arranges for the geese to go to the sanctuary.  - Fly Away Home
  • They come across a procession in which a young Indian woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed by sati the next day by Brahmins.  - Around the World in Eighty Days
  • The station grows in its role as a sanctuary for rogue telepaths running from the Psi Corps, resulting in conflict.  - Babylon 5

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