He gazed reverently at the handiwork. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a reverent greeting. From Dictionary.com.
The chaplain reverently lifted them and laid them at his feet. From Wordnik.com. [Comrades] Reference
They remain reverently silent while he undoes the clasps on his legs. From Wordnik.com. [Consulting as a Major Global Industry] Reference
The Captain reverently bent over Daisy's little hand, and followed her. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
You speak that word reverently, lovingly, caressingly. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Revised] Reference
He lifted the sword reverently, slid it back into its sheath. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
And Bertrand, trembling with emotion, laid the sword reverently on his idol's coffin. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte]
He breathed the name reverently into his tankard. From Wordnik.com. [A Diversity of Creatures] Reference
The baron spoke the word reverently and with awe. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of the Snows] Reference
I use it reverently, meaning a very noble thing; I do not know how far I ought to say -- even. From Wordnik.com. [Mornings in Florence] Reference
Bert took the old tin cup and regarded it reverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference
Almost reverently Ned and Alan advanced up this walk. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Most of the pieces treat their subjects more reverently. From Wordnik.com. ['Great Game: Afghanistan' takes an exhaustive look at a much fought-over land] Reference
I reverently think, that reason has a legitimate field here. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
And Valiant reverently lifted his hands and eyes heavenward. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
This is the obligation I have reverently taken before the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
I had reverently left it during mass, and went on my way to shoot. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
It is a shrine that Britons should bow down before, and reverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
I ministered to her, reverently, then left her, as I hoped, to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
It was evident that he reverently excluded the curé from the affair. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
"You always know the right thing to do, Madame," she murmured reverently. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
"Mother's!" she exclaimed, pressing the golden chain to her lips reverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
She knelt down, reverently, and leaned her forehead upon the arm of his chair. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
His supposed father bowed reverently when he picked him up every day after school. From Wordnik.com. [Heirs To The Kingdom] Reference
Gore, wearing khakis and cowboy boots, spoke reverently of the teachings of history. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Soldier] Reference
Even the smallest of children point toward the lights and reverently mouth the name. From Wordnik.com. [Mark C. Miller: African Tribe Worships Barbra Streisand's Nose] Reference
It really comes to this, that on such high topics it is wise to be reverently silent. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Some have a belief that on topics that are unrevealed we ought to be reverently silent. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
The three men went forth, and Mary followed them, closing the door reverently after her. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Master, as he was reverently called, lived just long enough to see that it was a success. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
I have nodded reverently as people have proclaimed the brilliance of their cooing infants. From Wordnik.com. [They’re No Baby Einsteins] Reference
Everyone was staring reverently at one guy who was hunched over what had once been a laptop. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Screen of Death] Reference
The woman who rated all this slag, and over whom the umbrella was being reverently held, was. From Wordnik.com. [Kids' Racket at the Open] Reference
We pounce on politicians 'every little misstep, yet reverently give private corporations a pass. From Wordnik.com. ['We Investigate Less And Pontificate More'] Reference
No wonder the wrinkled fingers smoothed them as reverently as we handle the garments of the dead. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Jane of Kentucky] Reference
So I reverently think the Atonement could be applied effectually to other worlds, if they need it. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
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