Stephen King gets published in «The New Yorker» these days, and Elmore Leonard is spoken of in reverent tones in a lot of literary circles. (jaylemming-author.com)
People in New York speak in reverent tones about Yankee Stadium but I could show you the very spot in Toronto where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run. (remonline.com)
More than a hundred years later, his name is still spoken in reverent tones by modern -LSB-...] (careertrend.net)