awed

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Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

But it was a chance to capture the imaginations of new generations of future space explorers, while also calling back to the one-giant-step-for-mankind sense of awed enormity that characterized the 20th-century Space Race.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

Lawrence’s childhood home—the narrator is awed and cowed by the impossibly delicate stemware and casual references to “Finnegan’s Wake.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

“If you’ve got the right type environment with the right type of people, you feel immortal,” says Coogler, awed by Göransson’s chops.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

He was awed by Fenwick If it had been himself, he knew that he would have cried, he couldn't have stopped it.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill