enshrine
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as in a shrine.
enshrines
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present tense formof enshrine (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Unions at the ILO say this by extension enshrines the right to industrial action, but employers disagree.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Using a style of elegant lyricism, which enshrines tiny moments into glisteningly miraculous turning points, Erice lets the exchanges between the people he’s conceived play out without the need to advance the plot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
The 14th Amendment permanently enshrines in the Constitution the privileges and protections of democracy.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
General Assembly in Paris on December 10, 1948, enshrines a standard for human rights and freedoms for all people.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2023
Will the form it now enshrines pass away, as the forms of Persia, Rome, the Empire of Akbar, have passed away?
From The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain Nineteenth Century Europe by J. A. (John Adam) Cramb
