: regarded with reverence : regarded as worthy of great honor and respect
… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.—
Erin Whalen
Erin WhalenHere are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.—Janine Di Giovanni
Janine Di Giovanni… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.—Merrell Noden
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Examples of revered in a Sentence
a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades
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The musician rose to fame in his hometown of Glasgow and co-founded the revered label Numbers
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Jack Revill, the Scottish DJ and producer who performed under the moniker Jackmaster, has died, his family confirmed in a statement posted to his official Instagram.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2024
The menu, crafted by the esteemed Evan Funke, a revered Italian chef with hot spots throughout the city, artfully blended traditional cuisine with modern flair, celebrating the house's deep Italian roots with a Californian twist.
—Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
One area that was flattened had been a park featuring a mosque that was a replica of the revered Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
—Lauren Leatherby, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
On September 27, Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated when its revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and many of his deputies were killed in an aerial bombardment of their headquarters in South Beirut.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2024
The menu, crafted by the esteemed Evan Funke, a revered Italian chef with hot spots throughout the city, artfully blended traditional cuisine with modern flair, celebrating the house's deep Italian roots with a Californian twist.
—Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2024
One area that was flattened had been a park featuring a mosque that was a replica of the revered Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.
—Lauren Leatherby, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
On September 27, Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated when its revered leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and many of his deputies were killed in an aerial bombardment of their headquarters in South Beirut.
—Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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