a reverent crowd of worshippers
a reverent tone of voice
Recent Examples on the WebThey were fascinated, almost reverent, says Dawn Wallace, an objects conservator for the American history museum.—USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024 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 The crowd is appropriately reverent on this religious holy day as percussionist/composer Ches Smith begins, leading his unclassifiable ensemble Laugh Ash through a maze of scrambled electronics, free-jazz vibraphone, and orchestrations that shift from unnerving to sweet.—Ryan Reed, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024 The atmosphere between songs was so reverent that somebody was moved to pierce the tension by blasting an ironic airhorn.—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Mar. 2024 The atmosphere at Les Grands Buffets is calm and even reverent.—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024 Cabrini The Bottom Line A reverent biopic in every sense.—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024 Both were received by the crowd with a reverent silence, and then very loud applause.—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024 His explorations of identity and self-definition, of the importance of the oral tradition in literature, and of his Kiowa heritage were interwoven with reverent evocations of landscape in passages of soaring lyrical prose.—John Motyka, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, borrowed from Latin reverent-, reverens, present participle of reverērī "to stand in awe of, revere entry 1"
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