awe

His results echo a previous study that tied momentary awe to reduced daily stress and, over time, higher life satisfaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Sometimes I still look at him and think, 'how has he done this?'. How has he not just crumbled? I am just in awe of him."

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Templeton has seen onlookers react with similar awe.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Strangers sang to each other in joyful unison, while others closed their eyes or held their hands on their chest in complete awe of witnessing a veteran artist in her element.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

It was with the awe of a champion speaking of an even greater champion that Steve Eisman said, “Vinny is dark.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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 ● 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 ● Sep. 22, 2021

I’ve been to the Vasquez Rocks many times, and the otherworldly, harsh beauty still awes me.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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 ● 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 ● Aug. 12, 2026

"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

China has long awed visitors with wonders such as the Great Wall and the terracotta warriors buried in an ancient tomb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2025

Still, when the great Queen of Olympus begged for her aid, she was awed and promised to do all she could.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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 ● 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 ● 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 ● Jul. 29, 2019

He had no capacity, whatever, for either awing or conciliating those with whom he came in contact.

From With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty