God-fearing
Example Sentences
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Like many of Walterboro’s roughly 5,400 inhabitants, she described Hill as a quintessential Southern belle—churchgoing, God-fearing and ready with a smile or an offer of sweet tea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
If there’s one thing centuries of God-fearing living have taught us, it’s that the Bible is open to interpretation.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
The story follows Dawn O’Keefe, a God-fearing good girl — surrounded by shame-lobbing, not-so-good men — whose body has a sharp sense of justice.
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2024
It’s heartbreaking how he could only swing like a pendulum between being out and God-fearing.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Major Major’s father was a sober God-fearing man whose idea of a good joke was to lie about his age.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
