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awe

[aw] / Ι” /




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About 20 minutes later, team captain Christian Yelich finally made his way into the clubhouse, still in awe of what was happening in the stands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

He said he was in awe of how Lindsey had coped with such quiet dignity.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

While I spoke with 20 people for this piece, I received 178 individual responses of all kinds, ranging from shock and awe to relative disappointment to distinctly modern moviegoing gripes.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"And yet we're not giving it the attention, we're not giving it the awe that it probably truly deserves," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

I suppose I have a considerable organ of veneration, for I retain yet the sense of admiring awe with which my eyes traced her steps.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BrontΓ«

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

And godless though I am, the fact of being human, the fact of possessing the gift of study, and thus being remarkable among all the matter floating through the cosmos, still awes me.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

Using every tool at his disposal — namely his violins, guitars, looping machine and expressive voice — Bird created a whirling one-man-band effect that somehow awed and soothed the crowd in equal measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

There’s a collective intake of breath, a moment of awed silence before the men whoop in delight.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2023

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

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 ball seemed for a time as if it were awing forever, and would fall to the ground no more.

From The Frontiersmen by Mary Noailles Murfree


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