enshrine
verb (used with object)
to enclose in or as in a shrine.
had enshrined
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past perfectof enshrine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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By 2019, Mexico had enshrined parity of representation in the constitution.
From Reuters ● Sep. 9, 2023
His defense of Bataan had enshrined MacArthur as a hero to the U.S. people, but not to the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silence had enshrined the subject of Olanna with each month, each year, that passed without their bringing it up.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He had enshrined her, set her upon a fairy pedestal, only to learn that she was humanly frail.
From The Orchard of Tears by Rohmer, Sax
He treasured faded flowers, raising hue and cry because the maid threw out a wilted peony which he had enshrined in a vase on his chiffonier.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various
