be awed
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
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
We might be awed by the AlphaGo’s icy efficiency — but then, we might also wonder why anyone would bother playing against a computer.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021
He didn’t know whether to be awed by that knowledge or terrified.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
