: regarded with reverence : regarded as worthy of great honor and respect
… Vince Carter, a member of the U. S. basketball team and still a state hero after having been a star on the University of North Carolina's revered hoops team.—
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Erin WhalenHere are some of their greatest monasteries and the remains of their most revered saints.—Janine Di Giovanni
Janine Di Giovanni… because [Doina] Melinte was the 1984 Olympic gold medalist at 800 meters, she remains one of Romania's most revered citizens.—Merrell Noden
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Examples of revered in a Sentence
a professor who is highly revered at the college where she has taught for the last four decades
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But it was marked by an incident at the start of the second movement that revealed to the audience of about 1,800 people how deaf the revered composer had become.
—Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
His passion for spreading Muay Thai worldwide has established him as a revered and beloved figure in the martial arts world.
—Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
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Gina Kolata, New York Times, 6 May 2024
His passion for spreading Muay Thai worldwide has established him as a revered and beloved figure in the martial arts world.
—Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024
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“Revered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revered. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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