How to Use sacred in a Sentence

sacred

adjective
Definition of sacrednext
Synonyms for sacrednext
  • We have a sacred duty to find out the truth.
  • The burial site is sacred ground.
  • Freedom is a sacred right.
  • They'll make jokes about anything. Nothing is sacred to those guys.
  • I can't believe they would do that. Is nothing sacred?
  • Please, for the love of all that is sacred and joyful, Step.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2024
  • That project is very sacred to the two of us, and the others involved.
    — Goldie Chan, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The birthing scene proved to a sacred moment for the actors on set.
    — Natalie Sitek, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The late monarch has been late to rest on Mount Taupiri; a hill that is sacred to the Māori people.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
  • LaBeouf isn’t the only actor to step into the realm of the sacred for a role.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Dead Mountains Wilderness, on the grounds that the area is sacred.
    — Dan Michalski, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The site, which includes the Western Wall, is the most sacred place in Judaism.
    — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 29 July 2022
  • The All England Club is a sacred space for tennis fans.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 15 July 2023
  • The document is the closest thing the agency has to a sacred text.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Must passion this intense yield to the divine, lend its force to the sacred?
    — Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The role of a coach is to hold a sacred space for leaders to reflect and be truly seen and deeply heard.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • This does not mean that Maimonides does not care about sacred texts – far from it.
    — Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Under the seat was a sacred slab known as the Stone of Scone, on which ancient Scottish kings were crowned.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2023
  • That's not to say that the entire river, or the entire basin, or the entire Earth is not sacred.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • While Dante was ablaze with light, the Temple Bar, true to its name, was dark and muted, verging on the sacred.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2024
  • First thought is that Fridays used to be sacred ground for high school football.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
  • But, of course, that ends up making the whole thing intimate and sacred.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
  • Al-Aqsa mosque sits on a hilltop sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
    — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • By night, Yadav led a huge crowd in chants hailing the land as a sacred goddess.
    — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Their restaurant in the sacred valley of Cuzco, Mil, was closed down for two years.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In France and in our culture, the depiction of love in fiction is sacred.
    — Gabrielle Pedriani, StyleCaster, 12 Sep. 2024
  • There's such a deep, unique, sacred bond between her and Morpheus.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This soon becomes the Onon, a small river sacred to the Mongolians.
    — Neal Ascherson, The New York Review of Books, 5 Oct. 2022
  • One thing is for certain in all observing communities: The lively adornment of sacred spaces, including the home and one’s altar, is a big part of this celebration.
    — Prinita Thevarajah, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Both are spaces where people come together in sacred celebration.
    — Prinita Thevarajah, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'sacred.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: