awed
Example Sentences
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The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Admissions officers described numerous times where a seemingly far-fetched application proved true, and awed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
He’d stand silhouetted in the grainy light of the bedroom, and though all of us were supposed to be asleep, and pretended to be, we were rapt, awed by his cheer and bravado.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
