venerate

Example Sentences

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It was the final stretch of a punishing four-day pilgrimage to Mexico’s most venerated shrine, where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary miraculously appeared nearly 500 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

If Netflix is putting its substantial financial resources behind maintaining one of Hollywood’s most venerated legacy brands, how is that a bad thing?

From Salon

Seeking eternal life, he learns the secret of 72 Transformations from a venerated Buddhist teacher and then becomes an irreverent show-off.

From Los Angeles Times

In the process, she become a San Francisco institution, as venerated as the Golden Gate Bridge and beloved as the city’s tangy sourdough bread.

From Los Angeles Times

At the Butovo firing range, a Stalin-era execution site near Moscow that has become a shrine to his victims, visiting Russians warned against venerating the wartime leader or emulating his ideas.

From Barron's