as in respectful
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showing a lot of respect
a reverent crowd of worshippers They used a reverent tone of voice when speaking about their father.
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Recent Examples of reverent
Beethoven would hardly recognize our concert-going culture, in which people sit in reverent silence, then clap politely and go home.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
The conductor of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s crazy train on Saturday night was actor Jack Black, who had the honor of inducting Ozzy Osbourne into the institution with a speech that was predictably reverent and hilarious.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
Harris, by contrast, talked about the city in reverent tones.
—Chris Megerian, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Seeing how fiercely protective and reverent Charles was in his explanation of jab jab reminded me of something chart-topping Afrobeats superstar Rema said in an Apple Music interview promoting his new Heis album.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
The conductor of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s crazy train on Saturday night was actor Jack Black, who had the honor of inducting Ozzy Osbourne into the institution with a speech that was predictably reverent and hilarious.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
Harris, by contrast, talked about the city in reverent tones.
—Chris Megerian, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
Seeing how fiercely protective and reverent Charles was in his explanation of jab jab reminded me of something chart-topping Afrobeats superstar Rema said in an Apple Music interview promoting his new Heis album.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverent
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Despite clear ideological differences between Trump and former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a leftist, the two leaders managed to forge a relationship that was transactional and ultimately respectful.Brian Winter, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
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Some toxic relational patterns spotlighted within this trend aim to expose and dismantle the societal structures that women, unfortunately, experience in heteronormative relationships, with the hopes of challenging these hurtful norms to create equity and respectful relationships.Dominique Fluker, Essence, 3 Dec. 2024
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Her chef and housekeeper, Bruna (Alba Rohrwacher), is timid and worshipful but able to take quietly decisive action when necessary.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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In a country given to worshipful talk of Founding Fathers, this is not a new subject on the political stage.Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
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When this happens, often the characters in question are based on real people for whom the actors have adopted a reverential mimicry that teeters on possession on and off set.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bad news comes in the form of this Brighton away shirt, which seems to be a reverential tribute to their away shirt from… 2014.Nick Miller, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
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And yet something about her pious active listening face really gets to Urs.Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
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Paxton, pious to the end, responds by talking about the Great Prayer Experiment, a (very real) series of studies that sought to test whether prayer has any tangible healing impact — and conclusively found there to be not.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Essentially, the deal can also further one of the holy grails of he Brazilian and Spanish-language industries in Latin America: a more fluid release of Spanish-language – here Uruguayan films – in the huge market of São Paulo and beyond, and the release of Brazilian films in Uruguay.John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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And there’s this large spectrum of religious horror and holy horror across film.Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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My best friend fell in love with a devout Catholic.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Hamoudi’s sister is a devout Muslim and a supporter of Hezbollah.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nonetheless, the schools that close overwhelmingly tend to be very small, caught in mismanagement or legal trouble, and/or religious.Derek Newton, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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World & Nation Rebels seize Damascus; Assad reported to have fled Syria for Moscow Dec. 8, 2024 Syria is home to multiple ethnic and religious communities, often pitted against each other by Assad’s state and years of war.Sarah el Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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