How to Use inner sanctum in a Sentence

inner sanctum

noun
  • That seems the inner core of those with access to the inner sanctum.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The book is, in part, a warning against the dangers of favoritism within any inner sanctum.
    — Eva Wolchover, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • There are shelves of gossipy books by aides; Mount’s wry retelling of his stint in the inner sanctum is my favorite.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Kelly has created this and allowed the inner sanctum to be shared.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 6 May 2022
  • The inner sanctum of the clubhouse, the guys, the coaching staff, everything about it.
    — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Retreat to your inner sanctum as moon and Venus harmonize.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The good stuff is all locked up upstairs in a vault inside the Emperor’s inner sanctum.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Emmett’s inner sanctum acts as a symbol for his asceticism and his refusal to engage with the world.
    — Jerrine Tan, Wired, 16 June 2021
  • Everywhere is quiet with the sense of entering an inner sanctum.
    — Laurie Werner, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • At Carbon, she is quickly swept into the inner sanctum of a very specific type of power.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This got us behind the wall but didn’t grant us access to the kingdom’s inner sanctum, which is protected by another gate.
    — Elizabeth Weil, ProPublica, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The inner sanctum of thought, where impulse becomes intention, where conscience speaks, is not something to hand over lightly.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • That must’ve been a fun day over at the DGA Illuminati’s inner sanctum.
    — Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
  • And like an opera, the prosaic and the extraordinary exist side by slide in Maria’s inner sanctum.
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Boards serve as the inner sanctum of these organizations, where the most important decisions are made.
    — Paroon Chadha, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Welcome to a glimpse of the inner sanctum of digital infrastructure — a data center.
    — Charlotte Observer, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Next door is the inner sanctum, the Founders’ Room, which is for exclusive use of ZZ’s founding members.
    — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This implies that there is some kind of dynamical connection between the very inner sanctum of a disk, and the outer part where the warps are found and planets are forming.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Though relatively brief, the footage gives an unprecedented look into Combs’ inner sanctum.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Only the highest-paying buyers get access to the inner sanctum, people representing the cities.
    — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Even though Leo Rising is extremely social, well-known and popular, very few people get into this inner sanctum.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • Some members of the British hierarchy wished to keep cameras out of the inner sanctum of Westminster Abbey, where the queen was crowned.
    — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • Arteta and his Arsenal squad have, of course, downplayed the noise around the club this season, arguing that the widespread mocking doesn’t impact the inner sanctum of the team.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The elegant wrought iron gates in front and the hidden garden and gazebo in the back, give it the feeling of being an inner sanctum of what’s already a fairly exclusive territory.
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • An intruder who invaded Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s inner sanctum and blithely sat at her desk wore a high-voltage stun baton at his side.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2021
  • And elsewhere in the Democratic inner sanctum, disdain for Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucus has been rising for years.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The 5,000-year-old monument was constructed in such a way that sunlight only enters the inner sanctum on mornings around the winter solstice.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Rizzo takes me into the laboratory’s inner sanctum, where the head tessitrici (weavers), clad in white lab coats, work the foundation’s traditional four-shaft looms.
    — Sebastian Cabrices, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Only his brother and six staffers tested positive within the NBA Finals inner sanctum.
    — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Lennon observes on the sidelines of the thriving Columbus indie music scene, yearning for a personal connection that might shepherd her into the inner sanctum.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021

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