reverential

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Recent Examples of reverential This is a different era, one less reverential of spiritual authority. D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 But for now, gamers aren’t necessarily giving the AI that is being used reverential treatment. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 To his reverential student, Fermi confided a regret. William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025 The fight between the two very different billionaires is emblematic of a growing culture clash in the art world, as the old guard faces off with collectors from the tech sector who tend to be less reverential toward the market’s norms. Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for reverential
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverential
Adjective
  • Supported, at least initially, by his pious wife, Najmeh (Soheila Golestani), and his two teenage daughters, Rezvan (Mahsa Rostami) and Sana (Setareh Maleki), Iman and his clan seem set for a comfy bourgeois life.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • According to Singh, Bishnoi has cultivated the public persona of a pious man dedicated to God and justice.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • On the first voyage, Columbus’ initial contacts with natives were tentative and respectful.
    Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Sevigny, who has now done several campaigns with Vaccarello, admires the way his designs seem to offer Yves Saint Laurent a respectful wink.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Daedone wanted to savor decrescendo, too, as well as stasis, stupor, spiritual awakening, and whatever other sensations the stroke brought out.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Following the spiritual moment, the King and Queen encountered a group of schoolchildren from the local primary school, Scuola Primaria San Paolo - Istituto Figlie di Cristo, who were waiting to greet them outside the Papal Basilica.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There is a fine line between reverent homage and cheap pastiche; Shelby Oaks largely exists on the latter side.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Del Toro loves playing around in genres, and his remake of the 1947 film (itself based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel) represents what’s best (and also what’s limiting) about his reverent enthusiasm.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • During their first reign from 1996-2001, the Taliban had outlawed all music besides non-instrumental religious chanting, enforcing the ban with brutal tactics that included a suicide bombing at an ANIM student concert.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Following religious conviction, pride in one's homeland and confidence in its future is the sentiment that very well might induce the most people to get married and have children.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • West was at the height of his cultural influence and had handpicked Chance, a fellow Chicago native, as his protégé—the successor to the soul-drenched, worshipful hip-hop that West had popularized in the mid-two-thousands.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The secret in the biscuits is the pairing of cheddar with bacon, with the overall result being worshipful thanks from those who are lucky enough to partake.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Reverential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reverential. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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