hold in awe
Example Sentences
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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
Christians too hold in awe this place where Jesus walked.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disturbing truth and righteous law, It scorns the bitter tear, And laughs at all we hold in awe, And all that causes fear.
From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)
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
There have been flippant sneers and conventional jeers, At a worthy relation that I hold in awe; Though it angers my wife, all the joy of my life Comes from drawing big cheques—for my Mother-in-law.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 by Various
