How to Use venerate in a Sentence

venerate

verb
Definition of veneratenext
Synonyms for veneratenext
  • She is venerated as a saint.
  • No one comes to the medieval wing to venerate the saints in the icons.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • Once killed out of fear of the evil eye, they’re now venerated.
    — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Every day, the whole world seems to venerate mothers, but for you, Mother’s Day is the worst.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2018
  • There are many like him to venerate: The first responders.
    — Michael Smerconish, Philly.com, 7 Sep. 2017
  • Lee’s tomb, a place of pilgrimage for some who venerate that cause, is on the campus.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2020
  • Therefore, the masses want to venerate heroes from the past.
    — Michał Matlak, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The tenacious point guard is venerated by Celtics fans for his hard-nosed play and hustle.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • In venerating them, courtiers paid homage to lives lived, complete with honors and tragedies.
    — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2018
  • And for those buyers of the new Grand Wagoneer who want to do their part to venerate the original, Miller has a solution.
    — Car and Driver, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Rice isn't just the mainstay of most meals, it is considered a gift from the gods and continues to be venerated.
    — Aniruddha Ghosal, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
  • And what is written is that the venerable and venerated 911 is in the twilight of its years.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Curtis has become a player in a town that venerates them.
    — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In a work where words are venerated, the declaration grabs your breath.
    — Lee Williams | Special To The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 15 May 2017
  • The hall was erected with the intent to venerate and deify, and the selections into it reflected the hubris of its creators.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2020
  • For those who venerate one of the world’s best investors, money is usually no object when buying a piece of the legend.
    — Noah Buhayar, Bloomberg.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Not venerating violent kitchens and chefs would be a start.
    — Eli R. Wilson, The Conversation, 11 May 2023
  • Du Bois is rightly still venerated for his work on civil rights.
    — Zachariah Mampilly, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The researchers suggest the beer remnants found there may have come from funerary rituals to venerate the dead.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2019
  • More power to ya’, and to all the boys of the only Disney musical in the history of the world to venerate collective bargaining and the impact of a strike.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Mazu, sometimes known as the Goddess of the Sea, is the most widely venerated of dozens of folk deities that many people in Taiwan turn to for solace, guidance and good fortune.
    — Amy Chang Chien Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • As a saint, his physical remains are considered relics, and are thus venerated by the Catholic Church.
    — National Geographic, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Every politician has some level of fingertip feel for the mood of the public and the political élite, but Biden venerates it more than most.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • But compared to the way Summitt was revered at Tennessee and Kryzewski is venerated at Duke.
    — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Zed noted that cows are sacred in Hinduism and have long been venerated by Hindus.
    — al, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Others came to venerate the teacher, prostrating at his feet.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 23 July 2019
  • Most Wiccans venerate a goddess and a god as equal, although for some the goddess is given greater importance.
    — Helen A. Berger, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Up until the 1690s, paintings of people in this region were made to flatter and venerate royalty.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Apr. 2023
  • For a chef who owns dozens of restaurants in multiple cities, José Andrés venerates nothing more than home cooking.
    — Joe Yonan, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Surak regretted that they were stored this way and not placed in proper reliquaries in locations where they could be venerated.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024

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