reverence

Example Sentences

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This reverence for Kahlo continued with “Neo-Mexicanisms,” when artists of the ’80s and ’90s, including LGBTQ+ and anti-globalism protesters, deployed Mexican imagery and Kahlo-style portraits in their art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

My donut dealer for the morning, Karla, places my Boldúmen in a box with a kind of reverence.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

The Box describes Cook as a "cultural chronicler" who painted marginalised people and recorded their lives with joy, kindness and reverence.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Yet Sparta, as a warrior culture, valued the young soldier to the point of reverence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

People tend to speak of them with reverence, and students may even be required to memorize and recite key passages.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz