awestruck

Example Sentences

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An awestruck Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi pronounced Brook's performance: "The best innings of his life. A captain's innings."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 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

Mr. Foster was initially awestruck, but he soon found himself daydreaming and thinking about what to eat for lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

At night, far from shore, more stars flickered than he’d ever noticed, and he was awestruck by the way phosphorescent creatures set the waves aglow.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

In all our time in the Congo I’d been awestruck by what the ladies could carry this way, but had never once tried it myself.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver