How to Use reverence in a Sentence

reverence

noun

• Their religion has a deep reverence for nature.
• Reverence for or worship of the dead is found in all societies, because belief in life after death is universal.
  — World Religions, 1983
• Her poems are treated with reverence by other poets.
• The national pickle dish, kimchi, is held in such reverence that Seoul boasts a museum devoted entirely to its 160 different varieties.
  — The Encyclopedia of Herbs, Spices, & Flavorings, 1992
• Yet the Dygert bronze should be viewed with the same reverence as the Biles bronze.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• The people who live and work here have a reverence for the past, for the land.
  — Hanya Yanagihara, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2010
• There is a pleasing lack of reverence in the way the Russians do space.
  — National Geographic, 4 Mar. 2016
• It is now held in reverence with some of the old Southern tracks.
  — Orange County Register, 26 Mar. 2017
• Pour, serve and give reverence to the hands that brought this coffee to your cup.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
• Think of it, rather, as a show of reverence for the incumbents.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• There’s a certain reverence among the group for the child stars that came before.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 23 June 2023
• The first was a reverence for King, and second was the idea that his work is still not finished.
  — Brock Blasdell, The Arizona Republic, 17 Jan. 2022
• Dad talked about turning windrows of hay with the reverence of an artist.
  — Hazlitt, 14 Dec. 2022
• Onlookers stood by and watched in reverence on all sides of the crowd.
  — Athena Ankrah, The Arizona Republic, 30 Sep. 2021
• But to call you a drug dealer here, with that same reverence, is naive, out of touch.
  — Nadia Bowers, Time, 19 May 2018
• When Marie talks about Lyle, there's a reverence in her tone.
  — Salem Statesman Journal, OregonLive.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• But there was so much reverence given to the sets and design.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Some tried to quiet the shouts, pleading that the night was about reverence for the people who died.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• What to do with that reverence for a galaxy far, far away?
  — Fortune, 12 Dec. 2017
• They’re lit with the reverence shown to gilded portraits of saints.
  — Susie Cagle, Wired, 12 Apr. 2022
• Capes’ Capewell calls it, still has great reverence for the ancient earth.
  — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Oct. 2019
• In the 1960s, the man whose name had always been uttered with reverence found himself out of sync with the new times.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
• The account was born out of a passion and deep reverence for nail art from three friends.
  — Kaitlyn McNab, Allure, 23 Feb. 2021
• Before long—in the South, at least—the Kendra Scott name was evoked with the reverence of religion.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 13 Dec. 2022
• And their frame of reference was, and is, one of reverence.
  — Marcela Davison Aviles, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
• It’s a reverence akin to that shown for a parent or an elder.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022
• The race took place at The Dome sports complex, which holds special reverence for her.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Though reverence does indeed run deeply through the record.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2021
• These days, there are precious few bands of the era treated with greater reverence.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2020
• Popes, even more so than heads of state, are protected by the reverence and the gilded world around them.
  — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 9 May 2024