hold in awe
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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."
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Christians too hold in awe this place where Jesus walked.
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I thought of that steady eye of his, of force sufficient to hold in awe a regiment of insurgents, and smiled at her opinion of my understanding.
From X Y Z A Detective Story by Green, Anna Katharine
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
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