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awestruck

[aw-struhk] / ˈɔˌstrʌk /




ADJECTIVE
wondering
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Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

An awestruck Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi pronounced Brook's performance: "The best innings of his life. A captain's innings."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“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

Mr. Foster was initially awestruck, but he soon found himself daydreaming and thinking about what to eat for lunch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

She was Demeter, she told the awestruck women.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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