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
To an awe-struck crowd, the two of them then do a rendition of “Chopsticks.”
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024
Close behind was walking through the museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., with an awe-struck Dave Niehaus and his wife, Marilyn, the day before he received the Frick Award at the Hall of Fame inductions.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
I can only say that we were awe-struck by the unending waters rushing with their mighty volume between the rocks and beneath the sun.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
