awed

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Meagan’s awed expressions clearly demonstrated that as much as you know a place, you can always find more to amaze you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Lawrence’s childhood home—the narrator is awed and cowed by the impossibly delicate stemware and casual references to “Finnegan’s Wake.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

I was awed by her maturity and grace.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

His shock-and-awe campaign has been theatrical, but I’m neither shocked nor awed.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

There was an awed silence as the odor of freshly ground coffee permeated the theater.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith