How to Use enshrine in a Sentence

enshrine

verb
  • All of this to say, a system of morals isn’t enshrined in the game’s code.
    WIRED, 20 Sep. 2023
  • In response, the open web ought to be enshrined as a matter of law.
    Tim Hwang, WIRED, 11 July 2023
  • That limit was enshrined in law by the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • While the fan vote is not a guarantee that Michael will be enshrined in Cleveland, the late Wham!
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 1 May 2023
  • Ware becomes the 23rd Dallas Cowboy to be enshrined in the Ring of Honor.
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Coronation Oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law.
    Town & Country, 7 May 2023
  • The struggle to preserve such ideals is helped by protecting the sites that enshrine them.
    Mindy Belz, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • All four players are enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 7 June 2023
  • And the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution of the United States.
    CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The wider Python franchise is enshrined in the British media royalty.
    Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Barak ruled that when laws or parts of laws violated the rights now enshrined in the 1992 Basic Laws, the court had the power to annul them.
    Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The exchange enshrined Brand as perhaps the nation’s foremost lefty.
    Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Regardless, Ramirez sounded confident that one day he will be enshrined with the rest of the game’s greats.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The exemption was never enshrined in a law that the Supreme Court views as equitable.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Tennesseans this Election Day will vote on whether to enshrine right to work in the state constitution.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
  • As was the case with the Boston carpenters, our moral ideas about work can help to enshrine the status quo and fortify the power of the rich.
    Charlie Tyson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Pharmercy fans will have to wait longer for their relationship to be enshrined in canon.
    Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 May 2023
  • It is now enshrined in our state constitution that there is no such thing as a private beach.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Since the start of the pandemic, nurses have also been forced to fight to enshrine adequate staffing in union contracts.
    Time, 11 Jan. 2023
  • So that hasn't changed, and that is actually enshrined in law and in Supreme Court decisions.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The group will be enshrined on Aug. 12 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
    oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, Hardaway was turned down a total of five times before he was finally enshrined.
    Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • This year, he was named on 58 percent of the ballots for the Baseball Hall of Fame, short of the 75 percent required but close enough to think he will be enshrined sooner rather than later.
    Victor Mather, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Even if the person is released, their moment in jail is immortalized in a mug shot and often enshrined in the public record.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • There were no visible traces of the violent melee that just days before had turned the nation’s eyes on this city long enshrined in civil rights lore.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • It’s enshrined in the constitution as the date for the presidential transfer of power.
    Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024
  • This debate has come up before when, during the 1970s, the U.S. attempted to enshrine daylight saving time.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Voters in Tennessee passed an amendment last year to enshrine such a ban in the state’s Constitution.
    Kurtis Lee, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • In California, that right was already enshrined in law in large part thanks to the efforts of women in Los Angeles.
    Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • His state is also looking to enshrine those rights in its constitution.
    New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022

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