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
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
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)
Thus trained to think, I hold in awe Scripture's command and duty's law.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
