reverent
Example Sentences
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As the light slowly faded in Tarragona, on the Mediterranean coast, a crowd looked on in almost reverent silence as the orange, late-afternoon glow gave way to amost complete darkness.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
In contrast, Netflix’s gently reverent new series suggests these stories might be best viewed as nostalgia-colored American landscape paintings that can benefit from modern touch-ups.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Beyond this solemn, reverent prologue, the show opens into expansive galleries, richly packed and drawing viewers deeper into Noguchi’s polyphonic universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"It was so vibrant and so alive. A reverent and gracious… and wonderful, wonderful energy," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The names of places carry a charge of the people who named them, reverent or irreverent, descriptive, either poetic or disparaging.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing reverent
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The Great Gatsby
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