How To Use Reverential In A Sentence

  • It's indubitably much better than I remembered it, and I remembered it fondly; reverentially, even.
  • Composers approached him with reverential caution, rarely plundering the text direct.
  • The slaves collapsed into reverential obeisances as the angelic flight passed overhead.
  • We have tried as hard as we can not to deify him, not to be too reverential and not to slip into easy sentiment.
  • Protestantism, the great prerogative of reason, the key-note of conscience, the sole vindex of a man's responsibility: evil and false is the so-called reverential wisdom which lays down in place of the truth that each man's conscience is a law unto himself, the tyranny of other men's authority. The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
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  • Ancient Babylon, with its glistening towers and lavish horticultural cascades, must once have inspired similar reverential whispers.
  • A great deal of the running time is devoted to recalling the life and death of Kolski (his widow, brother, and playwright Israel Horovitz speak about the man in reverential tones), but the true story here is Samuel Yates, who came up with the bizarre notion of mixing paint and human ash. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
  • He learned to eat and dress and generally comport himself after the manner of civilized man; but through it all he remained himself, not unduly reverential nor considerative, and never hesitating to stride rough-shod over any soft-faced convention if it got in his way and the provocation were great enough. Chapter I
  • The ambience is one of total comfort, without the reverential - and off-putting - hush that some ostensibly great restaurants seem to encourage.
  • `Aladdin's Cave," he murmured reverentially, blessing Barney's forethought. STAGE FRIGHT
  • As for our attitude to Sam, it was what one might call reverential exceptionalism. 2009 May 18 « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred
  • She has long been in reverential communion with the spirits of these great authors and it is no wonder that she comes forth redolent in some degree of the grace and dignity which characterize their deportment. A Review of 'The Sceptic; a Poem'
  • Referring to what he called the "psychodynamics" of groups falling into a "self-reverential mindset", he said M16's response to the absence of evidence of banned weapons was "simply to turn up the volume control to say, 'That just proves how devious Saddam Hussein is and how incompetent the inspectors are.' The Guardian World News
  • He grinds the stub down carefully and looks at it an instant reverentially.
  • The education service is attempting to foster a more reverential spirit in the Assembly. SAMSON SUPERSLUG
  • It also has the reverential, quasi-mystical approach to artistic creation which always seems to go down well with critics.
  • They have a special feeling to them, not the least of which is provided by the house itself which is grand and reverential and thick with age like its great works of art.
  • When we went visiting I played, as best I could, reverential, supportive son to her should-be proud mother. ICED
  • For the Renaissance: a reverential longing to recapture classical antiquity.
  • They pioneered ready-to-wear suits and shirts, back in an age when made-to-measure tailoring was still very much the norm, always with reverential customer service.
  • While reading the Trisagion, the clergy reverentially bow three times to the Holy Table, then the deacon addresses the priest with the words: Command, Master.
  • But, for the most part, the media coverage of the pope's death has been intelligent, respectful, and even reverential.
  • And as for going as cook, - though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board - yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; - though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. ZGeek
  • It would be inappropriate to express a sense of hopelessness or meaninglessness or self-loathing with ruthlessly clear, perfectly reasoned and reverential language, just as it would be inappropriate to express a worldview of rational efficaciousness, knowable reality and self-reverence with ambiguous syntax, distorted thought processes, and self-loathing language. The Volokh Conspiracy » An Ayn Rand First:(?):
  • Nearly 400 objects from scores of collections in 21 countries were reverentially presented in a suite of sonorously colored galleries.
  • When the lights go down, the silence is deep and immediate, a reverential hush.
  • You can't be too reverential or take those famous Pinter pauses - totally natural breaks in conversation - to an extreme, because it can get a bit stiff.
  • This can be both self-referential and self-reverential. The Times Literary Supplement
  • Or, that oaths made in reverential fear Of love, and his wrath, any may forswear ? THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • If you've ever had a crush on a person, even if this man is and you fight little cousin, you also can really understand, so the nostalgic is how of reverential awe and swayed lost.
  • We tend to think of medieval churches as bare, austere places where conversation must be conducted in hushed and reverential tones. Holy faces from the past
  • As I've written before, someday people are going to reverentially study the success of the Mac during Tim Cook's tenure. It's a miracle.
  • We must tread on nature softly with reverential silence.
  • And at a time when the country needed to be cheered up, the sight of our reverential politicians getting the mickey taken out of them was as uplifting a vision as could be.
  • The particular works of each are manifestations of the general character of his lifework, whether it was of faith and love whereby alone we can please God and escape condemnation. pass -- Greek, "conduct yourselves during." sojourning -- The outward state of the Jews in their dispersion is an emblem of the sojourner-like state of all believers in this world, away from our true Fatherland. fear -- reverential, not slavish. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • In another, he reverentially rubbed loaves of bread across lithographic stones while creating a print depicting the pieta.
  • And as for going as cook, -- though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board -- yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; -- though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. Moby-Dick, or, The Whale
  • And as for going as cook, — though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board — yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; — though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. Moby Dick; or the Whale
  • Damn, I was simply trying to strike the appropriate, reverential tone for this great institution.
  • Perhaps it was the violin's formidable heritage, or the choice of repertoire, which accounts for the politely reverential tone of much of the recording.
  • Or, that oaths made in reverential fear Of love, and his wrath, any may forswear ? THE CALLIGRAPHER
  • Suddenly the solemnity of the occasion and the majesty of its setting overcame everyone and reverential silence descended.
  • He stood in reverential awe of himself; he had performed a miraculous feat. Chapter 4
  • That's the old foresters" garden,' she said in reverential tones.
  • Each of the traditional mysteries of joy, sorrow and glory are introduced with readings from the writings of Cardinal Newman and Father Werenfried, while the organ music and plainsong interludes, reverentially sung by the Oxford Oratory Schola, reflect the appropriate moods of the mysteries and give a musical uplift to the prayer. The Holy Rosary with the Schola of the Oxford Oratory and Meditations by J.H. Newman
  • I never fancied broiling fowls; -- though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will. Moby Dick, or, the whale
  • Do people not see Jackson's teasing yet reverential allusion to the reknowned 15th-century "Salting Madonna" by Robert Campin, the Master of Flemalle? posted by Eric 4: 07 PM | IsThatLegal?
  • There are even a few secular historians who believe that Jesus' body was eaten by dogs, and that his acolytes fabricated the story of a reverential entombment as a sort of coping mechanism.
  • If anything she's too reverential and deferential.
  • She placed it at his feet and said in a low reverential whisper: "Please accept my offering.
  • Its setting, the courtroom, is a significative and instantly recognizable space, and it relies on a set of props that have been hallowed by centuries of reverential use.
  • I lost count of the number of times this band was earnestly recommended to me, in reverential tones.
  • He opened the ancient book with reverential care.
  • Parquet flooring, white leather sofas, Picassos on the wall and gold everywhere; the room was reverential, a monument to tastelessness. THE RHYTHM SECTION
  • Gaugin: The painter who invented his own brand of artistic licence life and work for which he can be reverentially remembered: his extensive travels, his experimentalism and his "primitivist" painting style honed in Tahiti - a bold reaction against the Impressionism embraced by most of his WN.com - Articles related to Keira Knightley takes on performance art
  • The French press, which has traditionally been reverential and unchallenging of its political and cultural elites, decided that his previous use of her to promote his political career meant that the situation was fair game.
  • Still to the left of this, uprose the Palatine, the earliest settled of the hills of Rome, with the old walls of Romulus, and the low straw-built shed, wherein that mighty son of Mars dwelt when he governed his wild robber-clan; and the bidental marking the spot where lightning from the monarch of Olympus, called on by undue rites, consumed Hostilius and his house; were still preserved with reverential worship, and on its eastern peak, the time-honoured shrine of Stator Jove. The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2)
  • Fans still talk about it in near reverential tones.
  • Out of respect for the lost leader, talk of a succession contest has been muted but, despite the reverential treatment, there is no rule in politics that states that the meek shall inherit the earth.
  • ` Aladdin 's Cave," he murmured reverentially, blessing Barney's forethought. STAGE FRIGHT
  • But then he talks about the Eucharist and transubstantiation and sounds very serious and almost reverential.
  • Nigel and Fergal look on with a variety of pained and reverential expressions - at one point actually sitting in pews while a survivor reads to the congregation from the Bible.
  • While Gandhi wrote to Leo Tolstoy in the most reverential terms, the Count addressed him as ‘Dear Friend.’
  • God is about to argue the case; therefore let the nations listen in reverential silence. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Oh, the rapture mingled with reverential, holy fear -- for it is a rapturous, yet divinely fearful thing -- to be indwelt by the Holy When the Holy Ghost is Come
  • Eugenia too, soothed with the delusions of her romantic but innocent fancy, flattered herself she might now see continually the object she conceived formed for meriting her ever reverential regard; and Miss Margland was importantly occupied upon affairs best suited to her taste and ancient habits, in deliberating how first to bring forth her fair charge with the most brilliant effect. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
  • His appearance on horse-back is a kind of theophany, cowboys doing him homage with a reverential gesture: Monstre Désacré
  • Never before have I been listened to with such attention and understanding," Messiaen later said, recalling the reverential reaction of the mixed audience of farmers and intellectuals, factory workers and priests. A POW's Awe-Inspiring Act of Faith
  • Hicks offers a reverential homage to nature, while a slightly pompous drama slowly unfolds.
  • There, most voices conjoin in reverential awe.
  • I'm certain they had a Chess channel, where epochal matches of the past were recreated in hushed reverential tones.
  • Wars grow to look the same, demonstrations are cut from a loop of video, and natural disasters have their stock shots, their reverential tone and their lexicon of clichés.
  • It was low-pitched and reverentially modulated, a nice, crisp, modest baritone.
  • The atmosphere was reverential, rather than tense.

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