venerate

Example Sentences

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Seeking eternal life, he learns the secret of 72 Transformations from a venerated Buddhist teacher and then becomes an irreverent show-off.

From Los Angeles Times

To him it's a doomsday apocalyptic scenario and those who venerate the cultists at Waco are being called to arms.

From Salon

It’s unclear who fights for whom, who has the moral high ground, who is the hero in this battle, who history will venerate.

From Los Angeles Times

Pattis suggested the Proud Boys were right to venerate Western culture, contrasting the system of having a trial with a jury to sitting “in East Gitche Gumee, throwing darts at a Ouija board.”

From Washington Post

Defining oneself as a descendant of recently arrived immigrants provides a bridge to cultures and places long venerated in U.S. culture.

From Salon