reverence
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Thus wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America” about the reverence with which this country’s citizens in the 1830s regarded remunerative labor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
An American flag waved in the background while various figures gazed up at the president in reverence.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
Krusek says what makes the show compelling “is the spirit of the videos, just the sense of joyousness and benevolence that they communicate, and a real sense of reverence for the art and the artists.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
My donut dealer for the morning, Karla, places my Boldúmen in a box with a kind of reverence.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
Imagine that by some miracle of dread or reverence they lowered their spyglasses, turned, set their riggings, sailed on.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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