as in pious
formal
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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Recent Examples of reverential
The track gets bolstered by reverential piano and the trio’s ethereal harmonies.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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
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
Despite smart, playful cooking, everyone around me ate in reverential near-silence.
—Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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
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
Despite smart, playful cooking, everyone around me ate in reverential near-silence.
—Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for reverential
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverential
Adjective
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The pious townspeople eat food for sustenance, not enjoyment, and for over a decade Babette dutifully prepares a rather drab-looking bread soup for the sisters, per their instructions.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
21 Dec. 2024
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And yet something about her pious active listening face really gets to Urs.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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In 2008, her father unsuccessfully ran against Barack Obama in the presidential election, but McCain and Obama maintained a cordial, respectful relationship.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Bam Adebayo said there’s more to come for the reserved, respectful Stockholm, Sweden, native.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Organizations can create a stronger workplace by addressing emotional, spiritual, and social wellness.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The second largest of the Society Islands after Tahiti, Raiatea was once the cultural and spiritual center of the Polynesian people.—
Naomi Tomky,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The presentation is restrained and reverent, but the flavors play together with dynamically on the tongue.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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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
Adjective
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Bert Smith, a classical archaeologist at Oxford University, told the New York Times that the statue was probably made for religious purposes.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Apocalyptic thinking fuelled the Crusades, stoked the English Civil Wars, and gave rise to seventeenth-century religious movements like the Fifth Monarchists.—
Arthur Krystal,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 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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“Reverential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverential. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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