be awed by
Example Sentences
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When Trump first met Barack Obama after winning the 2016 election, he appeared to be awed by the office he was inheriting.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2025
Looking across the Serengeti at herds of honking wildebeest, most of us would be awed by the exuberance of these migrating masses, resplendent in their magnitude.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023
It makes this born-and-raised Baptist marvel at the sheer audacity of those who built it right by the side of the road, where everyone can be awed by it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2022
It’s almost fitting then that in this poem, as in life, what is missed is not what matters most, but how we might be awed by what we notice.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
He didn’t know whether to be awed by that knowledge or terrified.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
