awe
Example Sentences
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Jonah asked, in awe, because this, finally, would be proof he couldn’t ignore.
From Literature
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Figure skater Ilia Malinin was expected to strike awe at the Winter Games.
Instead, he embraced it, leveraging it through the years to awe viewers with that friendly face before playing with their expectations.
From Salon
But you knew now, and you were promised both success and awe.
That’s why we are looking, with awe and a resigned terror, at that wave, and wondering where is safety, and can we get to it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.