as in respectful
formal
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
Besides reverent versions of some of Jim Croce songs, intriguing new interpretations of others and covers that help explore some inspirations and influences, A.J. Croce talks about his father between songs.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Carter was highly educated, intelligent, affable, adaptable, reverent, and a constant supporting partner to his wife of 77 years.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The presentation is restrained and reverent, but the flavors play together with dynamically on the tongue.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
More: Memorials honor Black Hawk crash victims with private family, Fort Campbell services
The scene was controlled, quiet and reverent.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 Jan. 2025
Carter was highly educated, intelligent, affable, adaptable, reverent, and a constant supporting partner to his wife of 77 years.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
The presentation is restrained and reverent, but the flavors play together with dynamically on the tongue.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
More: Memorials honor Black Hawk crash victims with private family, Fort Campbell services
The scene was controlled, quiet and reverent.
—Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverent
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Thank you for being so kind and respectful to me always!!!!!!—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Even The Nun’s Story, an agnostic’s film but one of Fred Zinnemann’s finest, was respectful.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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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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Based on Elijah Wald’s hour-by-hour countdown Dylan Goes Electric!, James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is a quirky, engaging and (thankfully) never reverential biopic that tracks the journey of Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) from acoustic folk to rock amplification.—
Thomas Doherty,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Freed from the demands of a typical episode, in which whatever Donald Trump happened to say that morning could upend entire sketches, the team found clever, reverential ways to play in the deep sandbox of SNL’s past and present.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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The grieving sisters try to uncover the truth about what happened to Grace, and increasingly suspect Roger’s pious, overbearing sister Angelica (Fiona Shaw) of wrongdoing — but turn out to be (mostly) wrong about her intentions.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement Nazanin goes through the same preparations as Salme, who has turned supremely pious in the intervening years, and Zari, who has grown more level-headed, not to say jaded.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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My search has led me to one of my holy grails: Clinique’s Moisture Surge Sheertint Hydrator.—
Melony Forcier,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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One of the holy grails of modern astronomy is finding life on an alien planet.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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The pontiff is resting, the Vatican's press office said publicly on Wednesday morning, in one of its twice-daily updates that have drawn the close attention of devout Catholics worldwide.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Fields, on the other hand, seems to be actively encouraging the love between Irving and Burt’s innies to blossom, due to his devout religious beliefs, which frame innies as separate entities with their own souls.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Sharia, or Islamic religious law, as interpreted by the government considers conversion from Islam apostasy, a crime punishable by death, according to the U.S. State Department.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The pork dumplings in chili oil are truly a religious experience.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Reverent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverent. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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