overawe
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Many had wondered whether the occasion would overawe Cameron, but she cut a relaxed figure as 'Don't worry about a thing' rang out during her ring walk.
From BBC ● May 20, 2023
Since conversion was thought to excuse conquest, these devotional artworks had to overawe their viewers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
The West is more immediate and can still overawe the spectator with substantial remnants of its old annihilating grandeur.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2017
Hoping to overawe the people of the land, Lewis would let out a blast of his air rifle, a relatively new piece of technology the Native Americans had never seen.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Jonathan’s impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him; instinctively they cowered, aside and let him pass.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
In the same way, these young people live in the light of the history of cinema, of the great age of Hollywood and the classic European cinema that also overarches and overawes the moderns.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2014
"The building is a personal statement by Rudolph," he says, "and it overawes a student who is looking for a place to make his own personal statement."
From Time Magazine Archive
Having spoken of the Church, the great power which overawes the government, it is also proper to mention the secondary powers: the men of colossal fortune.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert A. Wilson
In the midst of a wilderness, at every step, one meets with tokens of a bygone power that overawes the imagination.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi
Yet the impression so made upon Moses far exceeds anything previous and completely overawes and melts him down.
From Quiet Talks about Jesus by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
Neither looked overawed until O'Rourke returned for another nasty spell late in the day.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Former captain Jamie George says England should embrace the occasion and not be overawed by New Zealand's reputation.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
She was not overawed by this occasion, carrying the weight of the British number one tag at Wimbledon amid an electric atmosphere, with the crowd eager to celebrate her every success.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2025
Outplayed and overawed in the first set, a superb backhand winner gave the Frenchwoman a crucial break in the second set.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
She was a quiet, pretty girl from the countryside who did not seem overawed by the comings and goings at the Sisulus’.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
For some young players, the attention might be overawing.
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
The first album I'd ever bought was Ziggy Stardust and I owned all his others, so it was overawing, but he was really generous as a performer.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
Nowhere among these republics have great military establishments ever been maintained for the purpose of overawing or subjugating other nations.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Europe through which his couple move is one of soft colors, handsome but not overawing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our original idea was that the appearance of large bodies of troops in the streets would overawe—” “They weren’t overawing any one,” I said.
From The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham
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