VENERABLE in a Sentence

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The honest, pitiless joy of a fanatic in the full flood of his atrocity preserves a certain lugubriously venerable radiance.

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 Meanings and Examples of VENERABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
venerable
 a.  deserving high respect; impressive by reason of age; profoundly honored
Classic Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
1  Sometimes he fell asleep in his garden, and then there was nothing more venerable possible.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
2  Jean Valjean opened his eyes wide, and stared at the venerable Bishop with an expression which no human tongue can render any account of.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII—THE BISHOP WORKS
3  It was concluded that some relationship existed between him and the venerable Bishop.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—M. MADELEINE IN MOURNING
4  The honest, pitiless joy of a fanatic in the full flood of his atrocity preserves a certain lugubriously venerable radiance.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED
5  The Vaugirard cemetery was a venerable enclosure, planted like an old-fashioned French garden.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
6  To sum up, he was venerable in spite of all this.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—RULE: RECEIVE NO ONE EXCEPT IN THE EVENING
7  The years finally produce around a head a venerable dishevelment.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I—AN ANCIENT SALON
8  There are, in fact, aromatics in the opinions of these venerable groups, and their ideas smelled of it.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—REQUIESCANT
9  He wore an air of serenity which rendered him singularly venerable.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XVIII—MARIUS' TWO CHAIRS FORM A VIS-A-VIS
10  Nothing in this garden obstructed the sacred effort of things towards life; venerable growth reigned there among them.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER III—FOLIIS AC FRONDIBUS
11  Mabeuf, in his venerable, infantile austerity, had not accepted the gift of the stars; he had not admitted that a star could coin itself into louis d'or.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER III—M. MABEUF
12  Enjolras bent down and kissed that venerable hand, just as he had kissed his brow on the preceding evening.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXII—FOOT TO FOOT
13  Madeleine re-appeared behind Jean Valjean, and the two figures were superposed in such fashion that they now formed but one, which was venerable.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—JAVERT
14  In the state of joy in which he then was, he was the most venerable of children.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MARIUS, EMERGING FROM CIVIL WAR, MAKES READY F...
15  The two friends began to dance around the venerable St. Chrysostom, kicking about famously the sheets of the thesis, which had fallen on the floor.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
Example Sentence:
1  The cathedral is a venerable building.
2  May Day has become a venerable institution.
3  We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our venerable leader.
4  He felt more than simple admiration for Miss Euston; he experienced a kind of veneration for her.
5  Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
6  This week, a giant symbol of mammon appeared in Russia's most venerated public place, and traditionalists were not amused.
7  In Tibet today, the common people still venerate their traditional spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.