awe
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The film’s climax reaches for the same sense of civilizational awe as the mothership landing in “Close Encounters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Feeling is more powerful than fact here, and Travolta leans hard into the dreamy, futuristic visual identity of the jet set age to evoke a childlike sense of awe in the viewer.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Becerra seemed in awe as he stood in front of the packed room.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
"First and foremost, we want her to know - and in years to come to see that we've told the world how brilliant she is and how utterly in awe we are of her."
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Sometimes they’d watch me spin with a kind of awe, and I almost thought they were admiring me, but their eyes were only on the gold.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Vocabulary lists containing awe
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