be awed

Example Sentences

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But Argentina's coach Michael Cheika is not one to be awed by All Black magic.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

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

We can gaze at the images captured by our telescopic emissaries, and we can treasure life on Earth and be awed by the cosmos all the same.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022

To read Tate was to be awed by a gift that verged on the extraterrestrial.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

For some it is a form of vanity: “Learn from me and be awed because I am so wise.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman