awestruck
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"If we found out there were aliens, I'd hope people were astonished, humbled and awestruck by it," she told the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Coltrane’s status had grown rapidly in the late 1950s with awestruck solos featuring what critic Ira Gitler called “sheets of sound.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
“Are you sure she’s your ma?” one of her teenage son’s awestruck friends asks while gazing up at her.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
His work is a moving and complex love letter to Mexico, mesmerizing anyone who has ever been awestruck by the country.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
After inspecting the unfinished Crocker Cracker, Hanson was escorted across the street to the Rad Lab for the obligatory demonstration of the lavender beam and was sent home suitably awestruck.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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