Sentence examples for former sanctuary from inspiring English sources

This summer, the former sanctuary known as the yard has become an economic indicator.

Then, a fortnight ago, homeland security head Michael Chertoff of the United States (former sanctuary for the IRA).

Harry Snyder ran a fabric store on the main floor, but the former sanctuary upstairs had been vacant since the factory closed, leaving a floor full of grommets.

Desperate for normalcy, she returns to a former sanctuary, the family's summer house on Cape Ann, with the remains of her wounded clan: her husband, Anders, and their two younger girls, Eve and Eloise.

The sensation of eating there - of having fried chicken, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, and a glass of beer in a former sanctuary still watched over by stained-glass saints - is hard to describe.

"My friends think I'm a little eccentric," he said, explaining that since only one would fit into his kitchen, the other seven reside in the church's former sanctuary upstairs.

An installation of photographs of three former sanctuaries, all scheduled for redevelopment, is on display through Jan . 26at St . John the Divine

As it was, evidence accumulated that northern Mali had been infiltrated by al-Qaida fighters dislodged from Libya, Somalia and other former sanctuaries, as was acknowledged by the Nigerian government.

The 9 30 Mass was offered at a former Presbyterian sanctuary, and the 850 seats were filled with a cheerful mix of multigenerational families and gay couples.

NOW ZAD, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took a stroll on Tuesday through a village market in this former Taliban sanctuary in Helmand Province, but the lone street of shops was so sleepy that it looked as if everyone had been told to stay home.

(RNS) The archaic sounds that fill the historic former church sanctuary echo, hauntingly, like a whispering ghost from the past.