venerability
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Or maybe those roles happen because you radiate venerability.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
And that’s the funny thing about docu-soaps in 2017: Bravo’s “Real Housewives,” dismissed as tawdry when it debuted in 2008, now has an air of venerability.
From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2017
But despite its venerability, debt is not much respected.
From Economist ● Sep. 12, 2013
Despite the venerability of the concept, however, courts only now are coming to a broad new view of its application.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once again, I offer you the Appalachian Trail as a symbol of venerability.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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