be awed by
Example Sentences
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Looking across the Serengeti at herds of honking wildebeest, most of us would be awed by the exuberance of these migrating masses, resplendent in their magnitude.
From Scientific American • Oct. 19, 2023
You cannot help but be awed by the scale of Antarctica, the great white continent.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2021
It’s almost fitting then that in this poem, as in life, what is missed is not what matters most, but how we might be awed by what we notice.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021
I’ve never been able to be awed by him when he performs in an open mike, and he hasn’t been able to laugh at me with my improv team onstage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2021
He didn’t know whether to be awed by that knowledge or terrified.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
