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their names are always mentioned in reverential tones.

Sam Taylor-Wood, a contemporary of British artists like Damien Hirst and Jake Chapman, called the footage a "reverential and vulnerable image".

The students showed reverential respect towards their teacher.

She spoke in a reverential tone when discussing her favorite author.

The ceremony was conducted in a reverential manner.

The audience listened in reverential silence.

He has a reverential attitude towards nature.

The monks bowed their heads in reverential prayer.

The artist's work is often described with reverential praise.

The reverential treatment of sacred objects is a cultural tradition.

She approached the ancient temple with a reverential awe.

The soldiers stood in reverential silence at the war memorial.

Party bosses talk about these hires, who tend to be recent graduates, in reverential tones.

Tsze-lu asked what constituted the superior man. The Master said, " The cultivation of himself in reverential carefulness."

After a reverential pause, Anson downs his in one.

In fact, he had a reverential soul with a strong practical intelligence.

Mrs. Wade always mentioned her younger son with a reverential drop of the voice.

He had nothing to say against the last four; but he regarded them as a reverential pagan regarded other gods than his own.

" I think the money is the best part of it. What will you do with such a fortune? " asked Amy, regarding the magic slip of paper with a reverential eye.

It had now entered Dorothea's mind that Mr. Casaubon might wish to make her his wife, and the idea that he would do so touched her with a sort of reverential gratitude.

The windows, to which she looked with peculiar dependence, from having heard the general talk of his preserving them in their Gothic form with reverential care, were yet less what her fancy had portrayed.

There are five key relationships - but the most important is the one between father and son, and one of the keys to understanding Confucius is filial piety - a son treating his father with reverential respect.