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awestruck

[aw-struhk] / ˈɔˌstrʌk /




ADJECTIVE
wondering
Synonyms


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The scene is both epic and intimate, capturing the child’s awestruck emotions of the moment and the author’s time-altered reconstruction of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Reports of the sightings had scientists on Earth awestruck.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

When Melanie Ooi and Cristian Paluso-Serrano picked up the keys to their new home in the port town of Uno, Japan, they were awestruck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Are you sure she’s your ma?” one of her teenage son’s awestruck friends asks while gazing up at her.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

The younger kids looked at me with an awestruck twinkle in their eyes; I was a hero.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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