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awe

[aw] / ɔ /




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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

It was a sound of pity and awe, a sound that said this isn’t only history, it is human tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

“I’m just in awe watching her rebound,” teammate Allisha Gray said after Reese’s record-setting performance in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

The studio filming left Bentley "in awe", he said.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Akira watched on in awe as Natalie told her story and showed pictures of the storm on the screen behind her.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

As for the fans, James awes, but he doesn’t quite connect.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2024

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

The pace of building in South Korea awes, but there are gripes that the quality of public exhibitions, and professional standards, varies widely.

From New York Times Jan. 5, 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

There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

"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

Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Another thing that awed me was their almost total lack of information outside their milieu.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2023

Holmgren stole the show as a soloist at times, swatting shots, swooping for dunks and awing the crowd with his agility.

From Seattle Times Nov. 23, 2021

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

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

The old alchemist was a secretive and pretentious person and used to invent queer names for the purpose of mystifying and awing the ignorant.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson




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