It was once revered as a great seat of learning.

But this same animal was once revered as a symbol of romance and beauty.

Thus, positions once revered may lose their mystique and become viewed as commonplace.

The Gore name, once revered in Tennessee, is now mediocre.

Once revered as the toughest ticket in sports, now we're looking at grandstands where you can stretch out for a nap?

The war veterans who once revered them and followed them - and then lost them - are all long gone.

Why would a people who once revered the lion as part of their culture come to regard these magnificent cats as vermin?

The couple, once revered for their reasonableness, also deserve high marks for coping with the irrational.

Face it, cod's very sturdiness and abundance, what it was once revered for, resulted in its social decline.

The Turk also mentions that the Duck was once revered by high society and now sits collecting dust in the museum.