sacredness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Trueman contends that the loss of belief in man’s sacredness, depending as it did on a belief in God, occasioned the descent into confusion we constantly regret, without knowing quite why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

“He met his final days with courage, faith, and grace. There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity, and the sacredness of time. Those days will come,” the statement read.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

"There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time. Those days will come," the post added.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

For many Indigenous groups across Polynesia, whales hold an ancient sacredness and spirit that connects all life.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Given to mystical preoccupations, this android proposed the group escape attempt, underwriting it ideologically with a pretentious fiction as to the sacredness of so-called android “life.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick