Sentence examples for quiet sanctuary from inspiring English sources

Their dark confines became the quiet sanctuary of students in photography courses, after-school photo clubs and student newspapers.

11) YOGI RETREAT The city's pièce de résistance, also its green lung, is Lodhi Gardens, a free, quiet sanctuary for parakeets and lovers.

IN the quiet sanctuary of the Dominican Retreat house in McLean, Va., just outside Washington and not far from the wreckage at the Pentagon, the phone has been ringing more than usual in the last several weeks.

Amster Yard, an eclectic collection of apartments and offices clustered around a courtyard on East 49th Street, was once home to a community of artistic tenants, a quiet sanctuary full of wisteria and European flair.

I did not intend to be a crook; in fact, when I moved here from New York a few months ago, I vowed to make my home a quiet sanctuary, free of excess media -- no cable or satellite television, no home phone line and, therefore, no Internet access.

— The day after Msgr. Stephen DiGiovanni was installed in June 1998 as the pastor of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church here, he walked through the quiet sanctuary, appreciating the English Gothic grandeur and tallying all the repairs it required.

They are roomy, like salons that serve as quiet sanctuaries away from the crowds.

Swimming pools, like chip shops, pubs, and branches of Games Workshop are quiet sanctuaries in an otherwise chaotic and uncaring world.

In the quieter sanctuary, a group of people waited in the pews to meet with a public defender.

With its glamorous 20-foot ceilings, exposed wood beams, and Baroque Louis LV furnishings, this quiet Manhattan sanctuary is practically made for the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Bob Dylan, and John F. Kennedy.

The activities can be applied in a variety of contexts -- from one's own backyard to a neighborhood park to a quiet nature sanctuary to a large national park.