awe
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Passersby whipped out their phones to snap photos, while others pointed in awe and disbelief.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
Last week, Banton said remains "in awe" of the iconic England batter.
From BBC β Sep. 27, 2026
I took a hard-hat tour after returning home from Halberstadt and experienced the same combination of awe and promise.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
I was just in awe of Bob’s creative workshop with fabrics, sequins, rhinestones and sketches coming out of every corner of his workspace.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 19, 2026
He had held me in awe, because he had held me in doubt.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«
The keyboard introduction to What Was I Made For?, taken from the recent soundtrack to the Barbie movie, draws gasps and "awes" from around the field.
From BBC β Aug. 25, 2023
While Churchill awes spectators with its size and scope, on par with the world’s monumental stadiums, Keeneland, opened in 1936, guards its idyllic appeal.
From Washington Post β Sep. 22, 2021
I’ve been to the Vasquez Rocks many times, and the otherworldly, harsh beauty still awes me.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 17, 2016
The teacher has already inserted into the hat the rabbit whose production in the classroom awes the undergraduates.
From The New Yorker β Aug. 24, 2015
And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.
From Barron's β Aug. 12, 2026
"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."
From BBC β Jul. 31, 2026
It’s only humans who have attached words like “wild” and “unexplored” to regions where they feel uncertain, afraid, and even awed.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 2, 2026
Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.
From Slate β Jun. 11, 2026
As for Lazlo, he was awed and humbled.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 20, 2023
Inside the Sistine Chapel, where in the past I have been shoved and elbowed by the crowds, about 30 spectators were awing over Perugino’s frescoes and craning to see Michelangelo’s burly musclemen on the ceiling.
From New York Times β Jun. 25, 2021
Doing the things only she can do, awing her peers while trying to silence her inner critic in the process.
From Seattle Times β May 20, 2021
The idea is to terrify the enemy: the effect will be to petrify ourselves, shocking and awing us into understanding the full implications of no deal.
From The Guardian β Jul. 29, 2019
You will need its awing and repressing influence, in many a trying scene, in many a severe temptation.
From Sermons to the Natural Man by William G. T. (William Greenough Thayer) Shedd
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