inner sanctum
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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After a 16-hour bus ride, Prapakaran removed his shoes, entered through a side door of the colorfully painted building and proceeded to the marble-floored inner sanctum.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 15, 2025
It's just that if they got inside the inner sanctum and they saw what I saw, they would under no circumstances support him.
From Salon • May 18, 2024
Could admittance to the inner sanctum of one of the best-known and most respected companies in the world — the Walt Disney Company — deliver that?
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024
Brouwer stresses that her experience of becoming part of the Wimbledon inner sanctum wasn't any worse for being one of the few women working in men's football.
From BBC • May 31, 2023
Golienewski then revealed a secret from the KGB's inner sanctum.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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