awe

Mr. Nolan’s vision is broad, deep, ambitious and aglow with awe for our cultural wellsprings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

And by inspiring simultaneous awe over good corporate citizenship and 72-pound wheels of Parmigiano reggiano, Costco seems to be one of the few entities with the cachet and mass appeal to break through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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

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

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

No doubt Phaëthon had often watched the Sun riding through the heavens and had told himself with a feeling, half awe, half excitement, “It is my father up there.”

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

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

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

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

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

“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

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

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

Tally blinked, awed by the transformation of her friend.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

Doing the things only she can do, awing her peers while trying to silence her inner critic in the process.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 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

The idea is to terrify the enemy: the effect will be to petrify ourselves, shocking and awing us into understanding the full implications of no deal.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2019

Is he to pay the forfeit, and awing at the yard-arm?”

From The Privateersman by Marryat, Frederick