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Reverential
Reverential meaning
Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful.
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Example sentences (14)
She joins Bradley Walsh for a spot of tea and to discuss her career in reverential tones.
The thing was, when you go to meet with these people, they’re in such a reverential state because it’s hard to be a botanist or be a solar cell manufacturer and try to mimic a leaf.
The most famous trial lawyer of his time, Clarence Darrow inspired reverential biographies, stage plays and performances from some of the 20th century’s greatest actors.
Serious but sweet, reverential with enough shades of realism.
There is no reverential mass reading of the of the Constitution, no waving of the national flag as an icon of equal citizenship, no claiming of the national anthem as a hymn of protest.
For generations thereafter, the picture and book were revered; the temple was expanded; the tools for making fire were ferociously guarded; and the the Fire-Maker could only be spoken of in the most reverential way.
It is possible to acknowledge the valuable contribution that Brown and Milne have made to the Greens without adopting a reverential attitude.
Some shows deserve reverential treatment.
The mood was solemn and reverential, as one by one people came to extend their sympathies to the Al Ghurair family, led by Saif's younger brother, Abdulla bin Ahmad Al Ghurair, founder and chairman of Mashreq Bank.
We could even call this impulse religious — not in the conventional meaning of the word, but more in the pure sense of having a reverential relationship and attitude to something sacred, set apart, forbidden.
Despite such divine inspiration, Clack struggles with the thought of sounding self-reverential or frivolous in interviews, describing his work as ‘not great art’.
There were reverential interviews in Russia, Israel, Australia, Germany and Italy and, for several years, red carpets at Cannes.
In his essay he also writes that he became increasingly critical of Tezuka's role in the development of anime in Japan and he criticised, particularly other animators, for the reverential treatment, to the point of worship, given Tezuka.
This reverential silence was more impressive than the organized ceremonial of the following days." citation Hindenburg's remains were moved six times in the 12 years following his initial interment.