Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If she terrorizes assistants, designers or publicists, it may sometimes be because she can smell their fear or worshipfulness.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

Fervently dedicated to Wagner, the symphony is awash in echoes of “Die Walküre,” “Tristan und Isolde” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” — though Bruckner somehow converts all hints of eros into further worshipfulness.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2013

The Happy Warrior, by Emily Smith Warner, is so obviously a daughter's accolade that one of the most colorful politicians in U.S. history can scarcely be seen through the swaddling layers of worshipfulness.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I am but a poor monk, good sir!" said Friar Tuck in a whining voice, "and am on my way to the shrine of Saint Dunstan, if your worshipfulness will permit."

From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)

Moreover, it is as the race outgrows the dominion of passion that it recognizes the worshipfulness of woman.

From A Positive Romance 1898 by Bellamy, Edward