God-fearing
Example Sentences
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And somewhere north of Richmond, Va., were those mysterious other people called Yankees—very unlike us God-fearing and patriotic Southerners, but Americans all the same.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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 pastor there, Caroline Atieno, remembers a "wonderful... God-fearing person".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
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
Major Major’s father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
