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awe

[aw] / ɔ /




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But across the entire Cardinals organization, the people who guided Báez through his journey watched his performance in awe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Rarely do we stop to admire vultures through binoculars or photograph in awe.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

In the same spirit, the humans don’t pause for a second of awe beyond a funny surprise involving two sauropods.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Over the past year, as companies have watched in awe as the size of their AI bills multiplied, many have turned to China’s open-weight models because they are often much cheaper.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The three of them stood in awe, swinging their flashlights across the stalactite-dripping ceiling, admiring the vast cathedral of glittering stone they’d just entered.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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

There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

Meagan’s awed expressions clearly demonstrated that as much as you know a place, you can always find more to amaze you.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

I personally was awed by her efficiency, a skill clearly forged by necessity over a lifetime in the public eye.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2023

Holmgren stole the show as a soloist at times, swatting shots, swooping for dunks and awing the crowd with his agility.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2021

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

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 put his lions, tigers, leopards and hyenas through their part of the entertainment, awing the audience by his awful nerve and his control over them.

From The Jericho Road by W. Bion Adkins




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