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
If there’s one thing centuries of God-fearing living have taught us, it’s that the Bible is open to interpretation.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Following the revelation Farage said he knew Gill as a "God-fearing Christian, somebody that you would think was the least corruptible person".
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
These God-fearing Calvinists formed a wall of colonization for the new United States.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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