Examples of reverent in a Sentence
a reverent crowd of worshippers
a reverent tone of voice
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Tuna says everyone who has come to see the art has left feeling a bit more reverent.
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Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
But the campaign against Good is different—because The Homeland takes particular and perverse interest in women deemed insufficiently reverent of hearth and home.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
The moment set a solemn but reverent tone, equally grand and intimate.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Censorship played the role of the reverent teacher who developed these skills in Syrian authors who said one thing and meant another.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
But the campaign against Good is different—because The Homeland takes particular and perverse interest in women deemed insufficiently reverent of hearth and home.
—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 26 Jan. 2026
The moment set a solemn but reverent tone, equally grand and intimate.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Censorship played the role of the reverent teacher who developed these skills in Syrian authors who said one thing and meant another.
—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Reverent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverent. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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reverent
adjective
rev·er·ent
ˈrev-(ə-)rənt 
ˈrev-ərnt
: very respectful : showing reverence
reverently
adverb
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