reverence

Example Sentences

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Spiders deserve our reverence and appreciation, Ms. Tatar reminds us, for it is only “thinking them threatening” that makes them so.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Even North Korea, which plasters pictures of leader Kim Jong Un across the country and demands reverence, does not feature him in the passport, which instead depicts sacred Mount Paektu.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Gwennan Harries taught Jones at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, the school she attended in north west Cardiff, and remembers the reverence her rugby skills were held in.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

These carved reliefs span dimensions of the Black L.A. experience — there’s so much joy, there’s this overdue reverence too; another, fuller frame.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Then Treebeard said farewell to each of them in turn, and he bowed three times slowly and with great reverence to Celeborn and Galadriel.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien