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

“This is my view and it’s my movie,” Pelosi said, noting some in her family might have preferred a more worshipful look at their path-breaking parent.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

The Yorks had a pleasantly comfortable home life, and Ronnie, overloved and overpraised by his parents and a worshipful younger sister, was the adored center of it.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote