revered
Example Sentences
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He is revered by many of his competitors.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The names of Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Craig Bellamy revered as everlasting icons of Welsh football.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
To Paul Ehrlich, and the radical environmentalists who revered him, they were at best an afterthought.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Hammel-Sawyer is the great-great-great-granddaughter of Maria Ysidora del Refugio Solares, one of the most revered ancestors of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians for her work in preserving its nearly lost Samala language.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
It was hard to wrap my head around the notion of it being the same Mami Wata revered by people, including my own ancestors, as a deity.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
