awe

Passersby whipped out their phones to snap photos, while others pointed in awe and disbelief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

I took a hard-hat tour after returning home from Halberstadt and experienced the same combination of awe and promise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Winfrey, in a video announcement, described the show as “an immersive symphony of awe, wonder and joy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Senior lineman Lucas Rhoa got to watch this all unfold from the sidelines, and he was truly in awe after the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Though she didn’t dare look up, she heard the merchant’s soft sighs of awe.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The keyboard introduction to What Was I Made For?, taken from the recent soundtrack to the Barbie movie, draws gasps and "awes" from around the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

While Churchill awes spectators with its size and scope, on par with the world’s monumental stadiums, Keeneland, opened in 1936, guards its idyllic appeal.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2021

She keeps on killing—at cocktail parties and dive bars, even at a Washington Square rally, where she awes Jane Jacobs with a speech about how women “accessorize” the world, as a multiethnic crowd cheers.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2018

Allen's move drew a few awes from the press box - it was slick. 

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2014

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Dag gummit,” says Magnus in an awed voice.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Inside the Sistine Chapel, where in the past I have been shoved and elbowed by the crowds, about 30 spectators were awing over Perugino’s frescoes and craning to see Michelangelo’s burly musclemen on the ceiling.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

Doing the things only she can do, awing her peers while trying to silence her inner critic in the process.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2021

The idea is to terrify the enemy: the effect will be to petrify ourselves, shocking and awing us into understanding the full implications of no deal.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2019

Then that wondrous presence awing them back, as their hooked hands lose hold, and their eyes again fasten with wonder, and He passed quietly on His way undisturbed.

From Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon