awestruck
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Reports of the sightings had scientists on Earth awestruck.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 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
At night, far from shore, more stars flickered than he’d ever noticed, and he was awestruck by the way phosphorescent creatures set the waves aglow.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
"You think you know these people," Winkleman reflected, "and then you watch them play this game, and I was awestruck by the way they played it - with empathy, with wit and with real smarts."
From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025
Penelope and Miss Mortimer sat in awestruck silence as the waiter uncovered their appetizer plates.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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