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
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Serve and wait for the heaping on of praise and awe.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Jennifer Weil, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
Evan Shapiro entertained, shocked and awed an industry crowd in Madrid this week.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
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Noun
This monumental tragedy about today and tomorrow used its size and awe to burrow bold ideas into the multiplex.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Serve and wait for the heaping on of praise and awe.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
Verb
The executive is awed by the sailboats — their speed, ability to turn 90 degrees quickly and otherworldly appearance, among other attributes — and highly fluent in the different boats and rules of racing.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
Evan Shapiro entertained, shocked and awed an industry crowd in Madrid this week.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awe
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The four words were first spoken here on a bright spring afternoon at Camelback Ranch, my astonished syllables joining similar tones of amazement floating from every corner of a crowded press box.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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Belichick showed up to the amazement of his squad dressed in a full pirate outfit with his then-wife Debby Clarke Belichick.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
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What amazed me most, however, was the large number of people watching and tracking the trial.Anthony Michael Kreis, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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Providing instant access to a wealth of information, the internet amazed my inquisitive mind.Usman Javaid, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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The world will still exceed my comprehension and astonishment by orders of magnitude.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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What ensues is a series of astonishments—a flexing of muscles not often associated with our too-sedate conceptions of Iranian auteur cinema.Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024
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But because of the breadth of her catalog, the presentation here could still astound you.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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But what astounded me about Croatia was the versatility of it.Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2024
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As the conversation continued, the hip-hop legend then began expressing his admiration for Towns.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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But the material undergirding his beliefs—his keen admiration for Martin Luther King Jr., in particular—is still present.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The girls become kindred spirits, sharing secrets, wonderment, and several key world events.Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2024
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Generally, the drama does spectacularly well with abiding by a primal sense of magical realism — the finding of wonderment in the banal and the insertion of banality into the wondrous.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Higher education lobbyists are dismayed at the likely new chair of the Senate commerce and science committee: Senator Ted Cruz (R–TX).ByJeffrey Mervis, science.org, 12 Nov. 2024
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Presumably, someone thought that this Japanese art form needed to be demystified for an American audience, but I was dismayed by the jokey and mechanical treatment of a puppet that, moments before, had conveyed a devastating human drama.Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The gel texture works wonders on dull skin, and the vitamin C from blueberry extract defends against free radicals and damage from UV exposure.Deanna Pai, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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One such wonder is the Blue Mosque, or the Sultan Ahmed Mosque as it is known to locals.Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Awe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awe. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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