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God-fearing

[god-feer-ing] / ˈgɒdˌfɪər ɪŋ /


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Like many of Walterboro’s roughly 5,400 inhabitants, she described Hill as a quintessential Southern belle—churchgoing, God-fearing and ready with a smile or an offer of sweet tea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

To hear it from Reagan, Afghanistan was one of the most beautiful, freedom-loving and God-fearing places in the world.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025

The story follows Dawn O’Keefe, a God-fearing good girl — surrounded by shame-lobbing, not-so-good men — whose body has a sharp sense of justice.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

In some ways, Deion was no different, no less God-fearing or evangelical than Kirby Smart or Dabo Swinney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

“My father was a God-fearing colored man. He didn’t turn into a crow like some demon. No sir!”

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia


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