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There I was, a professional baseball player, a title revered by so many, finding out how pathetic I really am because I feel like I should be treated special while folks just like me starve to death.

Chatting with Dirk Hayhurst 2008

The only thing about motherhood that might be – MIGHT BE – revered is the idea/ideal of it, not the practice or reality.

Who’s The Dummy, Mummy? | Her Bad Mother 2009

One of the reasons the Beach Boys are still so revered is that Brian Wilson's compositions are awesomely refined and deliciously intricate.

The Beach Boys musical: wouldn't it be awful? Paul MacInnes 2010

In fact, one of the reasons Mao remains revered is that he is credited with “unifying China”.

Matthew Yglesias » The Tomorrow People 2007

Some also have bought a name revered to future ages at the price of a glorious death; some by invincible constancy under their sufferings have afforded an example to others that virtue cannot be overcome by calamity — all which things, without doubt, come to pass rightly and in due order, and to the benefit of those to whom they are seen to happen.

Consolation of Philosophy 2007

That's the great football coach at Auburn, a name revered in football circles and the state.

CNN Transcript - Sunday Morning News: Artist Conjures up Images of Old South - January 16, 2000 2000

Some also have bought a name revered to future ages at the price of a glorious death; some by invincible constancy under their sufferings have afforded an example to others that virtue cannot be overcome by calamity -- all which things, without doubt, come to pass rightly and in due order, and to the benefit of those to whom they are seen to happen.

The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1896

As he pulled the dead body from the spring the water became agitated, and from the bubbles arose a vapor that gradually assumed the form of a venerable Indian, with long white locks, in whom the murderer recognized Waukauga, father of the Shoshone and Comanche nation, and a man whose heroism and goodness made his name revered in both these tribes.

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 07 : Along the Rocky Range 1879

True, Lady Byron had nobly and quietly lived down these slanders in England by deeds that made her name revered as a saint among all those who valued saintliness.

Lady Byron Vindicated Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 1870

The Chief Magistrate whom, in his touching letter to his clergy, the Episcopal Bishop of this State applies the high title "of the beloved and revered," is dead.

A Discourse on the Death of President Lincoln 1865