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
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)
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
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
