awed

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Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

But it was a chance to capture the imaginations of new generations of future space explorers, while also calling back to the one-giant-step-for-mankind sense of awed enormity that characterized the 20th-century Space Race.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

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

Weber, who shares several scenes with Kotsur where they converse in sign language, said he was awed when he met the Oscar winner on the first day of rehearsals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

I had never seen such an awed expression on her face, or such a warm, tender glow in her eyes.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls