: showing awe
awed respect

Examples of awed in a Sentence

gave the nationally known golfer an awed look
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With an awed expression and misty eyes, Swift marveled at the waves of aural affection, taking out her ear monitors to fully experience the overwhelming sound. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024 Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts. Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024 If anything, Annie seemed almost awed by the complexities of a loving 5-year-old’s mind. Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 In the early 1960s, when Wolf’s coding efforts could involve stacks of punch cards a foot and a half high, she was awed by the range of ideas her Panoramic colleagues threw at the wall. Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020 See all Example Sentences for awed 

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of awed was in 1591

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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awed. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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