be awed
Example Sentences
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"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
We can gaze at the images captured by our telescopic emissaries, and we can treasure life on Earth and be awed by the cosmos all the same.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2022
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
