How to Use reverent in a Sentence

reverent

adjective

• There was a reverent silence as the banner waved in the wind.
  — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2020
• Yes, the Scouts taught skills and virtues to many boys: how to be thrifty, brave, clean and reverent; how not to pitch a tent at the bottom of a hill.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2023
• The Senior Ring Mass on the evening of Aug. 17 wrapped up the week in a very jubilant yet reverent way.
  — High School Columnist, NOLA.com, 28 Aug. 2017
• Early in the drive, the search party took one last reverent lap for oak samples.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
• George Michael proud with this reverent cover of the Wham! classic.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021
• There was a reverent hush among those watching the eclipse, but it was undercut by the sound of a chainsaw.
  — Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• The white rappers did their homework and were reverent of their Black forefathers in the genre.
  — Hazlitt, 25 May 2023
• Wreaths are then placed on the lawn in front of the Alamo church during a reverent ceremony.
  — San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2021
• Both were received by the crowd with a reverent silence, and then very loud applause.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
• Titiev’s friends and colleagues speak of him in almost reverent tones.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
• The most important of these virtues is a healthy and reverent respect for the equality of all men.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 18 Sep. 2020
• Having a fresh and reverent take on the character meant Freeman didn’t have to do what Janet and Daphne did.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2022
• Here the saint holds up his hand as if to bless the kneeling people behind him, as well as the reverent animals in front.
  — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
• There was a firing party, prayers and the reverent removal of the American flag from the coffin.
  — New York Times, 8 May 2021
• Ditlevsen, who died in 1976, is beloved in her native Denmark; today her work is taught in schools and her life is the subject of reverent plays.
  — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
• There are many anecdotes told of these services, most of a reverent nature.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• And with every loss comes the knowledge that the world still goes, a fact that can feel like a cheap comfort and reverent promise all wrapped into one.
  — Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2021
• Faced with a flood of upset users, Google claimed that those holidays were too reverent for the jokey nature of a doodle.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
• On the show, Tony spoke of him in reverent tones, but Tony also had a tendency to romanticize the past.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2021
• Of course, Jagger and the Stones have been nothing but reverent towards Little Richard.
  — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
• Cabrini The Bottom Line A reverent biopic in every sense.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
• The space is set up like a church, the chairs like pews, but the singing is reverent, the sound is holy — metaphor disperses into actuality — the lyrics are a prayer.
  — Samuel Ernest, Longreads, 2 May 2023
• Orchids, beautiful but a bit tricky to maintain, hold a reverent beauty to them that ought to be kept.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 12 May 2022
• The 2007 images are reverent, but the sitting that produced them didn’t go entirely to plan.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022
• In the pubs, away from official sites of mourning—on Saturday, the queue to see the Queen’s coffin stretched to five miles—people were less reverent.
  — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• If a British portraitist is reverent he’s perceived to be doting.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022
• The whole enterprise tends to put viewers and actors alike in a mode that a little more reverent than funny.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
• The most reverent of recipes call for whole-belly quahogs and clam liquor, ingredients that perfume the hot-out-of-the-fryer dough with rich, briny steam.
  — Kat Craddock, Saveur, 10 June 2016
• Loveless' vocal turn jolted the front-row stars to their feet, inspiring waves, over-the-head claps and reverent idol worship.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
• Hazanavicius was careful not to be too reverent with his script.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 May 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024