awe-struck
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During the nearly seven-hour lunar flyby, astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen and Reid Weisman gave near-literary descriptions of lunar surface features and left scientists in Houston awe-struck.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
With the metal in colliding knives, the foley work of sand beneath a boot and the glottal roaring of a sandworm, I am reduced to a slack, muttering, awe-struck child.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2025
It was the presence of Combs, born a year after that Grammy performance, regarding Chapman with an awe-struck reverence.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2024
Close behind was walking through the museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., with an awe-struck Dave Niehaus and his wife, Marilyn, the day before he received the Frick Award at the Hall of Fame inductions.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2023
He thoroughly enjoyed the awe-struck admiration of the shop when he thus granted it a display of his skill.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
