awe

Even at the lowest point of a wind turbine, Witek expresses his awe at "the feeling of freedom" compared to the fourteen years he spent at the bottom of a mine.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

He yearned for that same level of comfort and awe at music and wanted to share that with a larger audience.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Entire cities have looked on with awe as foreign fans have swooped in and slurped up the supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Folk from these parts gawping and filming their visitors in awe.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

The contents of Abuelita’s bulto looked like it may have belonged to El Niño Fidencio, the famous curandero of olden times, and I watched in awe as she sorted the ingredients for Pita’s treatment.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

That tidbit elicited oohs, awes and cheers from the crowd at Boston’s Wang Theater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

The keyboard introduction to What Was I Made For?, taken from the recent soundtrack to the Barbie movie, draws gasps and "awes" from around the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2023

The pace of building in South Korea awes, but there are gripes that the quality of public exhibitions, and professional standards, varies widely.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023

While Churchill awes spectators with its size and scope, on par with the world’s monumental stadiums, Keeneland, opened in 1936, guards its idyllic appeal.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2021

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Some might find it humanizing—proof that below the bloviating gestalt, the president can become awed by existential futility.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

Meagan’s awed expressions clearly demonstrated that as much as you know a place, you can always find more to amaze you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Claire stood silent, awed by the music, puzzled by the concept of love, and moved by both the solemnity and the celebration of the occasion.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

He has a unique capacity for memorizing data that he frequently recites, awing listeners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Holmgren stole the show as a soloist at times, swatting shots, swooping for dunks and awing the crowd with his agility.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

Inside the Sistine Chapel, where in the past I have been shoved and elbowed by the crowds, about 30 spectators were awing over Perugino’s frescoes and craning to see Michelangelo’s burly musclemen on the ceiling.

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2021

In one space as awing as any I saw on my underground weekend, the 14 of us walked into a veritable canyon, with a natural vaulted ceiling.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2019

A flight of ascending chords brings the big exaltation of the first prophetic phrase, ever answered by exultant ring of trumpet, ending in sudden awing pause.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.