be awed
Example Sentences
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It’s hard not to be awed and a little afraid of these machines, and our fiction reflects those fears.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 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
I continue to be awed, and a little exhausted, by the relentless pace of new Amazon inventions.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021
You cannot help but be awed by the scale of Antarctica, the great white continent.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2021
He didn’t know whether to be awed by that knowledge or terrified.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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