as in pious
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showing or having a lot of respect
a reverential attitude They spoke in reverential terms about their recently departed spiritual advisor.
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But after a brief flirtation with relatability, the wider franchise returned to its roots and became even more reverential of wealth.
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
In Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, a reverential adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson produced by his father Denzel Washington, the actress Danielle Deadwyler is the center around which all other performances revolve.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2024
Cars fill our road as grandfathers, fathers, and sons make their way to the area, and a reverential quiet begins to fill the afternoon air.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
One might be tempted to point at the screen in recognition, DiCaprio–in–Once Upon a Time in Hollywood style, but the moment is built around a silent appreciation for nature, demanding a reverential stillness from the viewer, just as Mollie demands of Ernest.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2024
In Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, a reverential adaptation of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson produced by his father Denzel Washington, the actress Danielle Deadwyler is the center around which all other performances revolve.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2024
Cars fill our road as grandfathers, fathers, and sons make their way to the area, and a reverential quiet begins to fill the afternoon air.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2024
One might be tempted to point at the screen in recognition, DiCaprio–in–Once Upon a Time in Hollywood style, but the moment is built around a silent appreciation for nature, demanding a reverential stillness from the viewer, just as Mollie demands of Ernest.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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His followers, many of whom were lower-middle class pious Muslims disenfranchised by Turkey’s staunch secularist power circles at the time, made up a movement called Hizmet.Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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As political unrest erupts in the streets, Iman realizes that his job is even more dangerous than expected, leaving him distrustful of even his pious wife Najmeh and teenage daughters Sana and Rezvan.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
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The race initially had taken on a respectful tone between the candidates before both claimed political ads targeting them either misrepresented their views or smeared their reputations.Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The data supporting courteous AI interaction is compelling: companies that emphasize respectful human-AI engagement in their digital transformation initiatives are seeing measurable benefits across their organizations.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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What happened Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, resigned Tuesday amid intense pressure over his handling of a notorious child abuser.Rafi Schwartz, theweek, 13 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps that’s why Sedona attracts such a strong enclave of New Age spiritual devotees searching for metaphysical energy in the vortexes allegedly sprinkled throughout its buttes and spires.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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At the center on one side was a life-size Virgin holding the Child, surrounded by 40 reverent haloed figures.Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
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Beethoven would hardly recognize our concert-going culture, in which people sit in reverent silence, then clap politely and go home.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024
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Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Stationed in Puerto Rico as a postal clerk, Lee—who has never been religious—walked by a small church located on base one afternoon and decided to go in.Charles Moss, SPIN, 5 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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Today, Robeson is remembered as an ascendant figure in any cultural history of America in the twentieth century, the subject of thick biographies, the inspiration for academic conferences, and the topic of worshipful documentaries.Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
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