be awed

Example Sentences

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It’s hard not to be awed and a little afraid of these machines, and our fiction reflects those fears.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

But Argentina's coach Michael Cheika is not one to be awed by All Black magic.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Looking across the Serengeti at herds of honking wildebeest, most of us would be awed by the exuberance of these migrating masses, resplendent in their magnitude.

From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023

Waiting for her five years ago in the restaurant of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, I had been prepared to be awed, intimidated, even terrified.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

For some it is a form of vanity: “Learn from me and be awed because I am so wise.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman