Example Sentences

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A good man might have failed to comprehend Beth, but a good man would have felt the force of goodness in her, and would have reverenced her.

From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Grand, Sarah

There is nothing in its present appearance, inside or out, to suggest the famous cathedral which so many millions of people have reverenced and loved.

From Italy at War and the Allies in the West by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

You have danced in the scalp-dance, and have reverenced the customs of the Sioux.

From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

The other is Madame Cheverny, whom I have reverenced ever since I first knew her, and with whom, by the strange turns of fate, I have been much cast for some years.”

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

She is just the very creature, who, if she had been better trained, and taught what John the Baptist really was, might have reverenced him, worshipped him, and ministered unto him. 

From All Saints' Day and Other Sermons by Kingsley, Charles