awe-inspiring

Example Sentences

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On March 2, 2026, after bragging about the awe-inspiring lethality of U.S.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Grantham describes it as “a fast-moving and awe-inspiring invention that seems highly consequential—even worldchanging—to almost everybody, myself included.”

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

The capital is awe-inspiring thanks to Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s 1791 master plan, perfected by the 1901-02 McMillan Plan creating the National Mall and monumental core as we know them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

A footballing mausoleum of memories and moments, both awe-inspiring and harrowing.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Even today these megalithic monuments have an awe-inspiring, superhuman air about them, as if they were the work of a forgotten race of giants.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson