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The term "reverent" in literature is often used to convey a profound sense of awe, respect, and devotion toward sacred figures or hallowed spaces. It appears in contexts ranging from the slow, devotional steps of a pilgrim before a deity ([1], [2]) to the solemn, almost fearful demeanor engendered by divine presence ([3], [4]). At times, it underscores a rigid formal respect or dutiful admiration, as characters bend low or offer salutes with heartfelt deference ([5], [6]), while in other contexts it highlights an attitude of reflective doubt or contrition ([7]). In each usage, "reverent" enriches the narrative by infusing the scene with a delicate balance of humility and exalted veneration.
  1. Then Ráma, Sítá, Lakshmaṇ bent At the king's feet, and sadly went [pg 142] Round him with slow steps reverent.
    — from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
  2. Anne walked through it on her way to school with reverent steps and worshiping eyes, as if she trod on holy ground.
    — from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
  3. A reverent fear (such superstition reigns Among the rude) ev’n then possess’d the swains.
    — from The Aeneid by Virgil
  4. CHAPTER LXXIV "There is no dread that fully pleaseth God in us but reverent dread"
    — from Revelations of Divine Love
  5. Before the throne he humbly bent And honoured Ráma, reverent, Then in his hand the chouri bore, And sat where sits a councillor.
    — from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
  6. His reverent hands once more he raised, His head he slightly bent, Upon her face he sadly gazed, And then toward Ráma went.
    — from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
  7. In this respect I maintain an attitude of reverent doubt.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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