worshipful
Example Sentences
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The painter Frederic Edwin Church would make detailed sketches of plants that might appear in his spectacular, worshipful paintings of the wilderness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Moon’s memoir is a self-portrait of an insecure and often confused child, worshipful of the absent father and thirsty for maternal affection.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2024
They don’t have the same kind of worshipful attitude toward the people who, over many years, created Canada.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
On the one hand, those who have persevered for a decade verge on worshipful.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
“Hey, Lawrence. How you doin’?” Younger brother, Tom Chamberlain, bright-faced, highvoiced, a new lieutenant, worshipful.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
