worshipful

Example Sentences

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She enjoyed an impressive run that won many viewers to her cause, a worshipful streak that ended when unchecked power turned her into a monster, too.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

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

Such alarm might come off as the musical theater version of bardolatry, the word coined to describe an overly worshipful attitude toward Shakespeare.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2023

“How dare you affront his lordship?! His worshipful lordship?!”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz