Definition of Reverential

showing humbleness and courteousness

Examples of Reverential in a sentence

In the Chinese culture, the reverential children take care of their elderly parents and expect the same from their own children.  🔊

When the reverential mourners filed into the cemetery, they quietly surrounded the casket as it was lowered into the ground.  🔊

The reverential attitude toward the Holocaust Museum was evident from the serious looks on the faces of the teenagers.  🔊

After reading about the way the underpopulated army of the United States fought the Mexicans at the Alamo, we stood in a reverential way looking at the photos of those who fought.  🔊

Due to the importance of their jobs in the community, everyone who walked into the facility could see this reverential workplace.  🔊

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