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be awed



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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

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

You cannot help but be awed by the scale of Antarctica, the great white continent.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2021

Astonishingly, the Reverend continued to be awed as the spirit raps in this intimate circle answered simple questions about the family correctly.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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