awestruck
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Reports of the sightings had scientists on Earth awestruck.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“Are you sure she’s your ma?” one of her teenage son’s awestruck friends asks while gazing up at her.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
Mr. Foster was initially awestruck, but he soon found himself daydreaming and thinking about what to eat for lunch.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
Every hike in Angeles National Forest offers us a chance to be awestruck by our natural environment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
“He says El Patron is like a force of nature—a tornado or volcano or something. He says you can’t help being awestruck even when you might get killed. I think it’s all rubbish!”
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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