reverence

Example Sentences

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Thus wrote Alexis de Tocqueville in “Democracy in America” about the reverence with which this country’s citizens in the 1830s regarded remunerative labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

An American flag waved in the background while various figures gazed up at the president in reverence.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Joseph navigated those years in the wake with unadorned reverence, while starting a family of his own and directing some of the most transcendent music videos of the 2010s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

My donut dealer for the morning, Karla, places my Boldúmen in a box with a kind of reverence.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Although many people greeted the new forensic sciences with reverence, attributing to them a godlike power, they were often susceptible to human error.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann