hold in awe
Example Sentences
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When the tanker market became swamped, Ludwig last year subleased the yard, but Japanese aides still hold in awe the thrusting man who, as one says, "knew every detail and kept our brains spinning."
From Time Magazine Archive
Christians too hold in awe this place where Jesus walked.
From Time Magazine Archive
About two hundred soldiers had accompanied the Archbishop, from Salzburg, and formed an escort sufficiently numerous to hold in awe the most desperate highwaymen.
From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von
Disturbing truth and righteous law, It scorns the bitter tear, And laughs at all we hold in awe, And all that causes fear.
From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)
There have been flippant sneers and conventional jeers, At a worthy relation that I hold in awe; Though it angers my wife, all the joy of my life Comes from drawing big cheques—for my Mother-in-law.
From Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, March 12, 1892 by Various
