hold in awe

Example Sentences

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Christians too hold in awe this place where Jesus walked.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the tanker market became swamped, Ludwig last year subleased the yard, but Japanese aides still hold in awe the thrusting man who, as one says, "knew every detail and kept our brains spinning."

From Time Magazine Archive

I thought of that steady eye of his, of force sufficient to hold in awe a regiment of insurgents, and smiled at her opinion of my understanding.

From X Y Z A Detective Story by Green, Anna Katharine

I have seen one of this kind of fellows hold in awe a mob of cowboys and plainsmen when passions were aroused and blows had already been struck.

From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah

Then Poseidon, shaker of the earth, answered him: 'Straightway would I do even as thou sayest, O god of the dark clouds; but thy wrath I always hold in awe and avoid.

From The Odyssey Done into English prose by Lang, Andrew