awestruck

Example Sentences

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When Melanie Ooi and Cristian Paluso-Serrano picked up the keys to their new home in the port town of Uno, Japan, they were awestruck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

An awestruck Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi pronounced Brook's performance: "The best innings of his life. A captain's innings."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Are you sure she’s your ma?” one of her teenage son’s awestruck friends asks while gazing up at her.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

Every hike in Angeles National Forest offers us a chance to be awestruck by our natural environment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

The younger kids looked at me with an awestruck twinkle in their eyes; I was a hero.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini