overawe

Example Sentences

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"He is confident, highly-skilled and will not be overawed if he is to make his Test debut. His temperament and attitude are suited to the international arena," Silverwood said of Mahmood.

From BBC

Lawmaker Anthony Browne urged Steward not to be overawed by the deep pockets of social media firms and to consider if Google was itself guilty of fraud by advertising scams.

From Reuters

"It was a deft move that shows the Duchess is not overawed by all that’s going on."

From Fox News

You can get overawed by the excitement, the buzz.

From BBC

Mountain time is governed less by minutes or days than by a metronomic knowledge that the landscape that overawes our funny little species predates us, and will outlast us, too.

From New York Times