overawe
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Since conversion was thought to excuse conquest, these devotional artworks had to overawe their viewers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The West is more immediate and can still overawe the spectator with substantial remnants of its old annihilating grandeur.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2017
Hoping to overawe the people of the land, Lewis would let out a blast of his air rifle, a relatively new piece of technology the Native Americans had never seen.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
They have not quite matched the show sometimes given by workers at the Venetian arsenal, who would assemble a galley in a single day in order to overawe visiting foreign dignitaries.
From Economist ● May 16, 2013
Jonathan’s impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him; instinctively they cowered, aside and let him pass.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
In the same way, these young people live in the light of the history of cinema, of the great age of Hollywood and the classic European cinema that also overarches and overawes the moderns.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2014
"The building is a personal statement by Rudolph," he says, "and it overawes a student who is looking for a place to make his own personal statement."
From Time Magazine Archive
It is the religious aspect of your enterprise which impresses and overawes men of every sect and party.
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
Proud thoughts that Image overawes, Before it humbly let us pause, And ask of Nature, from what cause, And by what rules She trained her Burns to win applause That shames the Schools.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by John Campbell Shairp
He who overawes the nations, In thy mighty noise confessed, Groaned and sighed with troubled spirit, By our guilt and sin oppressed.
From Favourite Welsh Hymns Translated into English by Joseph Morris
Amid the noise around the Al-Nassr frontman, Bellamy refused to be overawed and hopes to face Ronaldo again.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Chelsea, winners of the past six WSL seasons and the current holders of all three domestic titles, looked like a team in headlights, completed overawed by City.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
Thirdly, Djokovic knows his aura - as well as his game - has overawed Musetti in the past, ensuring he remains the favourite to reach the last four.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Both are experienced, so are unlikely to be overawed if called upon.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Eleanor was trying really hard not to be overawed by Park's driving skills, but every time he changed lanes or checked the rearview mirror, she caught herself swooning.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
For some young players, the attention might be overawing.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
The first album I'd ever bought was Ziggy Stardust and I owned all his others, so it was overawing, but he was really generous as a performer.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
Nowhere among these republics have great military establishments ever been maintained for the purpose of overawing or subjugating other nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Europe through which his couple move is one of soft colors, handsome but not overawing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our original idea was that the appearance of large bodies of troops in the streets would overawe—” “They weren’t overawing any one,” I said.
From The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham
