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Six example sentences with reverent, each labelled with its topic.
Visitors go quiet and reverent under the dome, walking slowly and speaking in whispers even though nobody asks them to.
Architecture
The documentary is reverent toward the old climbers, lingering on their scarred hands and never once making a joke.
Movies
He is reverent about the family stockpot, washing it by hand and refusing to let anyone else near the burner.
Cooking
The audience fell reverent as the pianist walked on, and nobody unwrapped a sweet for the whole first movement.
Music
The crowd went reverent when the old center's number rose to the ceiling, and the ovation lasted three full minutes.
Basketball
Pilgrims approached the shrine in reverent silence, walking the last mile barefoot as their grandparents had.
History
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