worshipful

Example Sentences

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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

Stephen Fulton, 77, had been appointed worshipful grand master of Cookstown Loyal Orange Lodge Number 3, as revealed by the Sunday Life newspaper.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2023

But in carefully refusing to inflict physical harm on Andrew, Eric and Wen, the intruders treat their prisoners with an eerie, worshipful reverence.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

She stood before Frodo seeming now tall beyond measurement, and beautiful beyond enduring, terrible and worshipful.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien