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
With the metal in colliding knives, the foley work of sand beneath a boot and the glottal roaring of a sandworm, I am reduced to a slack, muttering, awe-struck child.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
It was the presence of Combs, born a year after that Grammy performance, regarding Chapman with an awe-struck reverence.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024
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
The boys had watched with bated breath and almost awe-struck interest.
From Bert Wilson at the Wheel by Duffield, J. W.
