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Example sentences for: venerable

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

I know it will shock you to find out that, even as we speak, Phil Coles is a member in good standing of the venerable International Olympic Committee.
The main entrance to the circular old town, near the harbor, is the 19th-century Arco da Vila, a charming arch and bell tower habitually crowned by a venerable family of nesting storks.
In all this, Fieldcrest builds on a venerable tradition.
The venerable Tolstoy, a secular saint in his time, called on him more than once; Tchaikovsky contemplated writing an opera with him at one time.
The town’s most venerable edifice is the 12th-century Romanesque basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore.