awe-struck

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During the nearly seven-hour lunar flyby, astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Weisman gave near-literary descriptions of lunar surface features and left scientists in Houston awe-struck.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

All the voices, from ground control to awe-struck passengers, were female.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

Walking into Washington State University’s newly renovated College of Medicine building, second-year medical student Cari Coles said she was awe-struck she would be studying there in just a few weeks.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2023

When Cormac McCarthy’s manual typewriter sold at auction in 2009, the awe-struck book dealer Glenn Horowitz remarked that it was “as if Mount Rushmore was carved with a Swiss Army knife.”

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

As he thus looked and listened, awe-struck and subdued, he saw Frank in the Lady Alice coming through the rapids at a terrific pace.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler