awe
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"I'm in awe of the way they have adjusted to an environment that is far more difficult than I ever had to face."
From BBC β Sep. 21, 2026
Winfrey, in a video announcement, described the show as “an immersive symphony of awe, wonder and joy.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 14, 2026
Chargers star Justin Herbert shares an apartment with his older brother, Mitch, an orthopedic surgery resident who is in awe at what Justin has accomplished.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 12, 2026
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 β Sep. 5, 2026
Immediately, a buzz of awe passed among the spectators, some of whom called out—as if Jack Dempsey had entered the ring—“There’s Fischer.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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 β 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 β 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 β Sep. 22, 2021
The teacher has already inserted into the hat the rabbit whose production in the classroom awes the undergraduates.
From The New Yorker β Aug. 24, 2015
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
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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 β Aug. 12, 2026
"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."
From BBC β Jul. 31, 2026
Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.
From Slate β Jun. 11, 2026
“He started building this world when he was 14,” she says, still a little awed by his confidence.
From Los Angeles Times β May 14, 2026
I do not respond and we three sit in silence, Carmine awed into stillness by the boy’s presence.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.
From Los Angeles Times β 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 β Nov. 23, 2021
In one space as awing as any I saw on my underground weekend, the 14 of us walked into a veritable canyon, with a natural vaulted ceiling.
From Washington Post β Sep. 26, 2019
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 β Jul. 29, 2019
Horry succeeded in awing Gainey into submission, and in extorting from him a treaty by which he consented, with his officers and men, to maintain a condition of neutrality.
From The Life of Francis Marion by William Gilmore Simms
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