- present participle of reverence.
reverencing
Example Sentences
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In a land reverencing charismatic leadership and far-reaching intellect, he looks like a messenger boy and disparages his own brain.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Besides, there was between them that bond which is formed between a subordinate reverencing his chief with his whole soul and a chief who feels this clearly.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
The caretaker’s wife was Irish, and a Catholic, reverencing the Church in all its manifestations.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
For some time we remained silent, reverencing the old man’s grief.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
And so these twain, upon the skirts of Time Sit side by side, full-summed in all their powers, Self-reverent each, and reverencing each; Distinct in individualities, But like each other, as are those who love.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady