awe-inspiring
Example Sentences
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On March 2, 2026, after bragging about the awe-inspiring lethality of U.S.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
Grantham describes it as “a fast-moving and awe-inspiring invention that seems highly consequential—even worldchanging—to almost everybody, myself included.”
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
The courage and resilience of the people I have met since, who have managed, despite terrible loss and adversity, to turn their shattered lives around, is both humbling and awe-inspiring.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
The capital is awe-inspiring thanks to Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 master plan, perfected by the 1901-02 McMillan Plan creating the National Mall and monumental core as we know them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Numberless and inexpressible frustrations combined to make his rage elemental and awe-inspiring.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
