—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
Examples of wow in a Sentence
Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Lasers From concerts to light shows, lasers have been used to amaze and wow audiences.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
This MacBook Air wows in that department, too, with 128GB of storage available to house important files, apps, and content locally.
—New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The turning point for Best came during a life-changing trip to South Africa, where she was wowed by Stellenbosch wines.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Interjection
My first thought is, wow to being good at making brisket.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Lasers From concerts to light shows, lasers have been used to amaze and wow audiences.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
Studying dust devils is about more than the wow factor of these wild whirlwinds cavorting across the landscape.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
This MacBook Air wows in that department, too, with 128GB of storage available to house important files, apps, and content locally.
—New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
But history and the impressive UNESCO designation notwithstanding, what really wows about Tucson is flavor and its vibrant Mexican food scene, tops in this country.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The turning point for Best came during a life-changing trip to South Africa, where she was wowed by Stellenbosch wines.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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