awe
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Chargers star Justin Herbert shares an apartment with his older brother, Mitch, an orthopedic surgery resident who is in awe at what Justin has accomplished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
His results echo a previous study that tied momentary awe to reduced daily stress and, over time, higher life satisfaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The studio filming left Bentley "in awe", he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
And so you get a power that’s much greater than your own, and you begin to look on other human beings with the type of awe and respect that their humanness deserves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Standing on the shoreline, Razi watched in awe.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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As for the fans, James awes, but he doesn’t quite connect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
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
There is an innocence in him that I have found merely foreign and foolish; yet in another moment that seeming innocence reveals a discipline of knowledge and a largeness of purpose that awes me.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Admissions officers described numerous times where a seemingly far-fetched application proved true, and awed them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
I remember feeling awed by the scope of land and sky around me and at the same time snug and protected inside that tiny home.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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
But it will come with a great awing, heart-subduing sense, to find how marvellous in size this great Man is; and yet He is our brother, as well as so immensely more.
From Quiet Talks on Following the Christ by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
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