awed

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Meagan’s awed expressions clearly demonstrated that as much as you know a place, you can always find more to amaze you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Lawrence’s childhood home—the narrator is awed and cowed by the impossibly delicate stemware and casual references to “Finnegan’s Wake.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

His shock-and-awe campaign has been theatrical, but I’m neither shocked nor awed.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Mason and Salli Slaughter, his wife, interviewed Robbins in his home in 2011 and were charmed as much by his playfulness as they were awed by stories from his past.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2025

They were awed, so still and large he stood, and a moment’s pause fell, till the boldest one leaped straight for him.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London