We cannot blame others for disturbing our reverent attitudes. From LearnThat.org. [L. Tom Perry]
Maintained a reverent silence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Tadhg extended his thick, rough hands in front of him, his expression reverent. From Wordnik.com. [My Devilish Scotsman] Reference
He speaks about it in reverent tones, his voice betraying a childlike excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Guillermo Del Toro Finds Religion In ‘Frankenstein’ Adaptation » MTV Movies Blog] Reference
A fact-based film that succeeds in being both artful and reverent is a rare thing. From Wordnik.com. [History] Reference
He rose from the table and went to her, and, as if in reverent acknowledgment that this moment was his own, the others drew aside for him. From Wordnik.com. [Spice and the Devil's Cave] Reference
They might be better described as reverent materialists; or at any rate monists. From Wordnik.com. [The New Jerusalem] Reference
I started out as an agnostic, and by the end of the year I became what a minister friend calls a reverent agnostic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference
A certain reverent curiousness that she approached the cabin, while the Hush on her cheek showed a yet riper mellowness. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Interrogation] Reference
I started out as an agnostic, and by the end of the year I became what a minister friend of mines calls a reverent agnostic. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2007] Reference
When she died last spring, she was accorded a kind of reverent mourning. From Wordnik.com. [The Tricks Of Memory] Reference
Even the Professor's usual cockiness now seemed to be overlaid by a kind of reverent awe. From Wordnik.com. [Reach For Tomorrow]
Nittipon said, in the kind of reverent whisper usually reserved for film stars, "Khun Suwit.". From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
Others will, I expect, complain that the treatment of so solemn a subject is not "reverent" enough. From Wordnik.com. [Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative] Reference
Sister: Something playing on the word "reverent," (or "reverence") but I'm not coming up with anything that isn't corny. From Wordnik.com. [workaday nonsense] Reference
You might say that she dusted kind of reverent, without disturbing things, nor lifting them about, so she never noticed it. From Wordnik.com. [Rose cottage]
Both the Zimbabwe and HIV/Aids issues had come to fore at this point as well, as had a "kind of reverent nostalgia" for Mandela. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Phil bent and kissed her again -- not passionately this time, but with a kind of reverent solemnity as if he were performing a rite. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
Bowed in reverent awe and then. From Wordnik.com. [The Charter of Liberty] Reference
As a youth I had felt a kind of reverent awe for the French. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of My Childhood and Youth] Reference
Judge Rutherford regard him with a kind of reverent trouble. From Wordnik.com. [In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim] Reference
Captain Jim had been handling the book in a kind of reverent rapture. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
There is in all this a kind of reverent worship without any trace of mysticism. From Wordnik.com. [The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century] Reference
Seemed the reverse of what would be "reverent" but me mr trickster loved itanyhow. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
When I was in, the part of the Scout Law that said "reverent" was clarified by explaining that. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
In wine-drinking circles, I have a reputation for being fanatical (I prefer "reverent") about pinot noir. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
"It's also kind of reverent," said Stephen Kenney, director of the museum, as he walked around the gallery. From Wordnik.com. [Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News] Reference
In a niche of the end wall stood the sacred effigy which Ragnall and I examined with a kind of reverent interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Ivory Child] Reference
Atheist Scouts have also been removed from the organization on the basis of the twelfth point of the Scout Law being "reverent". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
At home the CW is reverent: State of the Union a hit. From Wordnik.com. [Persian Gulf Edition] Reference
Like a reverent child, he declared: "It all comes out.". From Wordnik.com. [Petey Prickles Vs. Funeral Steve: An ALL-NEW Petey Prickles Caper!] Reference
An almost reverent air pervades a San Crispino gelateria. From Wordnik.com. [San Crispino Gelato: Elizabeth Gilbert/Julia Robert's Rome Obsession In 'Eat, Pray, Love'] Reference
Less reverent Japanese say video rentals are the real gold mine. From Wordnik.com. [Gilty Pleasures] Reference
"Directors try to be too reverent toward the material," Altman said. From Wordnik.com. [The Player Returns] Reference
Over and over again they asked me questions in reverent, terrified voices. From Wordnik.com. [Waking Up] Reference
Men of the most devout and reverent spirit are beginning to take these larger views. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Some are quiet and reverent, others smile for the family video camera or wolf down hot dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Filling The Void] Reference
Not that you would know it from the reverent tones in which they speak of the cloud's potential. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Clouds on Tech's Horizon] Reference
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