awed

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“He started building this world when he was 14,” she says, still a little awed by his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But it was a chance to capture the imaginations of new generations of future space explorers, while also calling back to the one-giant-step-for-mankind sense of awed enormity that characterized the 20th-century Space Race.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

China has long awed visitors with wonders such as the Great Wall and the terracotta warriors buried in an ancient tomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

Weber, who shares several scenes with Kotsur where they converse in sign language, said he was awed when he met the Oscar winner on the first day of rehearsals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2025

Still, when the great Queen of Olympus begged for her aid, she was awed and promised to do all she could.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton