reverently

Example Sentences

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Muivah studied briefly in Beijing's College of Diplomacy, visited Vietnam and came back speaking reverently of Mao and Zhou Enlai - though he would later fuse their ideology with a deeply Christian nationalism.

From BBC

After one of star Cynthia Erivo’s solos, the audience clapped so loud, long and reverently, that tears came to the singer’s eyes — which only caused the crowd to cheer harder.

From Los Angeles Times

“I see the hand of God in her,” Trujillo says reverently.

From Los Angeles Times

Around the room, participants gazed reverently into their paper cups, some of them mouthing words silently.

From Los Angeles Times

On a piece of wrapping paper he reverently carried in his hand was a charred piece of flesh he was taking for DNA analysis.

From Los Angeles Times