as in amazement
the rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary
was in awe of the sinewy Olympic runners
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Recent Examples of awe
Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
The video has garnered 1.5 million likes and left viewers in awe of the determination behind the act of service.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
The late-arriving record crowd of approximately 355,000 Nashville area residents and tourists were often pleasantly awed by the spectacle, including 400 drones and 40,000 pounds of explosives flying 800 feet into Music City's skies.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 5 July 2024
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Noun
Some parents barely have time to sip their morning coffee before chaos ensues but one mom from Maryland has left the internet in awe of her 5-9 routine.
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Housed in a grand Southern mansion, you’ll be wowed by the restaurant’s exterior and continue to be awed by the rich ruby and gold interiors.
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To no one’s amazement, Shohei Ohtani homered triumphantly in the Tokyo Series.—
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To our collective amazement, the RGB LEDs were able to create wholly recognizable color images.—
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The science behind the process continues to amaze me.—
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Extraordinary craftsmanship that amazed even the architect.—
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After seven episodes of pained teeth-gritting and wide-eyed astonishment, he’s found closure in confronting the man who killed his father (or not) and finding only a weak old guy too sickly to punch.—
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Curiosity and astonishment: these have been recurring themes in Quenda’s journey to this point.—
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In terms of other Disney live-action princess remakes, Beauty and the Beast astounded when opening to $174.6 million domestically in mid-March 2017, not adjusted for inflation.—
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What astounds, though, are the sculpture’s extraordinary eyes.—
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Lee has expressed admiration for artists in our gallery’s roster, in particular Phyllida Barlow and Louise Bourgeois, and points of connection within our program.—
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By this point, Sui is laughing at the abundance of admiration being lavished on her.—
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Abi is a special-needs child, and McConnell wanted to capture her wonderment at the world in a song.—
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Jon, meanwhile, holes up in his squalid quarters surrounded by takeout containers and dirty clothes while hooked onto a cheap-looking VR game that hardly inspires the wonderment in us it’s supposed to in him.—
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But the situation is dismaying corporate America, investors and pretty much anyone who owns stocks.—
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Ukraine and its European allies were dismayed when they weren't included in U.S. and Russian negotiations an end to the conflict.—
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Deep in the heart of Crete, where myth intertwines with natural wonder, stands the legendary olive tree of Vouves.—
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Ancient sequoia forests, roaring waterfalls and monoliths are just a few of the natural wonders travelers can explore in the 1,200 square miles.—
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“Awe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awe. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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