awestruck

Example Sentences

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“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

AFP visited the river port of Outeiro in Belem on Brazil's north coast, surrounded by small communities of boat-dwelling fisherfolk awestruck by the enormity of the floating hotels.

From Barron's • Nov. 9, 2025

He received a similar awestruck reception last week, when he arrived at West Coast Customs to inspect a 1977 Excalibur roadster he had taken in for restoration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

If the Dodgers do indeed roll on, then for another minute we will be awestruck by the relentless, money-fueled, dancing Dodger machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

After inspecting the unfinished Crocker Cracker, Hanson was escorted across the street to the Rad Lab for the obligatory demonstration of the lavender beam and was sent home suitably awestruck.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik