How to Use reverent in a Sentence

reverent

adjective
  • Not a hushed and reverent scene at all, lively and fun.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
  • Some shushed the crowds, urging them to be silent and reverent.
    — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This was a somber visit, and the group was reverent, hushed.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There was a reverent silence as the banner waved in the wind.
    — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Pendleton still speaks of his first visit to the home with a reverent awe.
    — Carly Olson, Architectural Digest, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Titiev’s friends and colleagues speak of him in almost reverent tones.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Harris, by contrast, talked about the city in reverent tones.
    — Chris Megerian, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Inside, the mood was hushed, reverent.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Early in the drive, the search party took one last reverent lap for oak samples.
    — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Both were received by the crowd with a reverent silence, and then very loud applause.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Terry was among the most reverent of Fowler over the weekend.
    — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 17 Dec. 2024
  • There are many anecdotes told of these services, most of a reverent nature.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The learning process for me over the course of the first two years was to not be as reverent of the original.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Hazanavicius was careful not to be too reverent with his script.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 21 May 2017
  • Tuna says everyone who has come to see the art has left feeling a bit more reverent.
    — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The sign is just one of the many items Dickies moved over to its new offices — a reverent nod to its past.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Latto keeps the hometown love reverent and creative, with few moments that are too on the nose.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The teaser opens with a hushed, reverent moment in the recording studio.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The most important of these virtues is a healthy and reverent respect for the equality of all men.
    — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The moment set a solemn but reverent tone, equally grand and intimate.
    — Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
  • If a British portraitist is reverent he’s perceived to be doting.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Orchids, beautiful but a bit tricky to maintain, hold a reverent beauty to them that ought to be kept.
    — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 12 May 2022
  • Wreaths are then placed on the lawn in front of the Alamo church during a reverent ceremony.
    — San Antonio Express-News, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Viewers of the exhibit moved from display case to display case in reverent awe.
    — Olga Ingurazova, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Here the saint holds up his hand as if to bless the kneeling people behind him, as well as the reverent animals in front.
    — Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The white rappers did their homework and were reverent of their Black forefathers in the genre.
    — Hazlitt, 25 May 2023
  • The whole enterprise tends to put viewers and actors alike in a mode that a little more reverent than funny.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Phones stayed largely down — which in this case felt less like reverent immersion and more like a crowd waiting for something to catch fire.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And with every loss comes the knowledge that the world still goes, a fact that can feel like a cheap comfort and reverent promise all wrapped into one.
    — Deboki Chakravarti, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Faced with a flood of upset users, Google claimed that those holidays were too reverent for the jokey nature of a doodle.
    — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018

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