be awed
Example Sentences
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When Trump first met Barack Obama after winning the 2016 election, he appeared to be awed by the office he was inheriting.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
Looking across the Serengeti at herds of honking wildebeest, most of us would be awed by the exuberance of these migrating masses, resplendent in their magnitude.
From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023
“I like to be awed, as at the pyramids in Egypt,” she said in a 1997 interview with The East Hampton Star.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
We can gaze at the images captured by our telescopic emissaries, and we can treasure life on Earth and be awed by the cosmos all the same.
From Slate • Jul. 13, 2022
Astonishingly, the Reverend continued to be awed as the spirit raps in this intimate circle answered simple questions about the family correctly.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
