All 13 Uses of

revere
in
Babbitt

Well, let me tell you that your revered paternal ancestor, Henry T., doesn't even call it a 'Tux.'†
Chpt 1

revered = deeply respected and admired

As Babbitt stared, the nervousness was soothed from his face, his slack chin lifted in reverence.†
Chpt 1

reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

He imagined their eyes meeting with terrifying recognition; imagined touching her lips with frightened reverence and—She was chirping, "Any more, Mist' Babbitt?"†
Chpt 3

Now I guess the folks in this man's town will quit listening to all this kyoodling from behind the fence; I guess you'll quit listening to the guys that pan and roast and kick and beef, and vomit out filthy atheism; and all of you 'll come in, with every grain of pep and reverence you got, and boost all together for Jesus Christ and his everlasting mercy and tenderness!†
Chpt 7

That's the Shelling-Horton Steel Plant, and they tell me old John Shelling made a good three million bones out of munitions during the war!" the man with the velour hat said reverently.†
Chpt 10

reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

He murmured reverently, "I guess some of the folks on Floral Heights will sit up and take notice now, and pay a little attention to old Georgie!"†
Chpt 13

Of a decent man in Zenith it was required that he should belong to one, preferably two or three, of the innumerous "lodges" and prosperity-boosting lunch-clubs; to the Rotarians, the Kiwanis, or the Boosters; to the Oddfellows, Moose, Masons, Red Men, Woodmen, Owls, Eagles, Maccabees, Knights of Pythias, Knights of Columbus, and other secret orders characterized by a high degree of heartiness, sound morals, and reverence for the Constitution.†
Chpt 16

reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

If Babbitt was envious of the Smart Set of the McKelveys, before William Washington Eathorne he was reverent.†
Chpt 16

reverent = feeling or showing respect and admiration

But with all reverence.†
Chpt 16

reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

Its marble steps are scrubbed daily, the brass plate is reverently polished, and the lace curtains are as prim and superior as William Washington Eathorne himself.†
Chpt 17

reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them;
Chpt 18 *

reveres = respects and admires

Forty barbers and nine manicure girls worked desperately, and at the door six colored porters lurked to greet the customers, to care reverently for their hats and collars, to lead them to a place of waiting where, on a carpet like a tropic isle in the stretch of white stone floor, were a dozen leather chairs and a table heaped with magazines.†
Chpt 24

reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear

The subscription is but ten dollars a year, and for this mere pittance the members receive not only the monthly magazine, Pearls of Healing, but the privilege of sending right to the president, our revered Mother Dobbs, any questions regarding spiritual progress, matrimonial problems, health and well-being questions, financial difficulties, and—" They listened to her with adoring attention.†
Chpt 30

revered = deeply respected and admired

Definitions:

(1) (revere)
regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
meaning too rare to warrant focus:
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.