awe-struck
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During the nearly seven-hour lunar flyby, astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Weisman gave near-literary descriptions of lunar surface features and left scientists in Houston awe-struck.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
All the voices, from ground control to awe-struck passengers, were female.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025
It was the presence of Combs, born a year after that Grammy performance, regarding Chapman with an awe-struck reverence.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Walking into Washington State University’s newly renovated College of Medicine building, second-year medical student Cari Coles said she was awe-struck she would be studying there in just a few weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
And in his eagerness, with a strength born of death, the old man half arose upon his elbow and laid a trembling hand upon the head of each of the awe-struck children.
From Recitations for the Social Circle by James Clarence Harvey
