awestruck
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Oftentimes, we sit on our balcony, awestruck at our luck.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
"If we found out there were aliens, I'd hope people were astonished, humbled and awestruck by it," she told the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
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
When filmmakers harness real, creative ways to bring their visions to life over technological shortcuts that diminish the skill and value of visual effects artists, that’s when movies leave us awestruck.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
“He says El Patron is like a force of nature—a tornado or volcano or something. He says you can’t help being awestruck even when you might get killed. I think it’s all rubbish!”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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