Example sentences for: revered

How can you use “revered” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The completely cynical spin: Disney-Miramax's publicity campaign for Shakespeare beat DreamWorks-Paramount's publicity campaign for Private Ryan . The ceremony's political controversy was a lifetime achievement award for Elia Kazan, a director revered for his films but ostracized by much of Hollywood for outing fellow Communists during the McCarthy era.

  • For some, the climb is an act of piety: the mountain is revered as the abode of Japan’s ancestral gods.

  • The town’s revered age-old place in Italian gastronomy compares to that of Lyon in France.

  • Calling him a man "who came to be revered by kings and vagabonds alike," the Star said: "Madiba, we wish you health, wealth, happiness and, most of all, we wish you love.

  • Koyasan was already known as a sacred site for ascetic practices when Kobo Daishi, a revered Buddhist priest, teacher, and scholar, received imperial permission to establish a religious community to develop his new Shingon sect in 816.


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