Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Impressed or struck with awe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Struck with awe.
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- adjective Struck with awe
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
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Examples
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It's a little shaky but how can you not feel the excitement of this rare wildlife encounter in the awe-struck gasps and delighted shrieks of the people watching from the shore?
David Mizejewski: Wild Killer Whales Put on a Show David Mizejewski 2011
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Emotions and atmospheres evoked run from the excited and awe-struck to the whimsical and playful to the solemn and contemplative, even the mournful.
Space, the Artistic Frontier William Triplett 2011
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Therefore, the creator of Falstaff could not have been the Earl of Oxford; however, Oxford may have been an awe-struck fan of William Shakespeare at the palace of Whitehall.
Jonathan Hobratsch: Shakespeare Is Shakespeare Jonathan Hobratsch 2011
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Tóibín's previous novel The Master, a fictional portrait of Henry James, earned awe-struck reviews and was just pipped to the Booker by Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty.
A life in books: Colm Tóibín Susanna Rustin 2010
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I have tromped through Roman ruins, ogled ancient frescos at Herculaneum and Pompeii, walked the crumbling streets of Palermo, been awe-struck in Turin and marveled at the opulence of Florentine art.
Rediscovering Italy in a Totally Silent Town Dan Fante 2011
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Therefore, the creator of Falstaff could not have been the Earl of Oxford; however, Oxford may have been an awe-struck fan of William Shakespeare at the palace of Whitehall.
Jonathan Hobratsch: Shakespeare Is Shakespeare Jonathan Hobratsch 2011
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I am silently awe-struck at living with someone who doesn't know how to lie, and for whom the truth and nothing but the truth is innate, natural.
Jayanti Tamm: Why Honesty Really is the Best Policy Jayanti Tamm 2011
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I ask her in an awe-struck whisper, “How many orgasms did you have?”
Like Counting Raindrops Randall Stickrod 2011
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I am silently awe-struck at living with someone who doesn't know how to lie, and for whom the truth and nothing but the truth is innate, natural.
Jayanti Tamm: Why Honesty Really is the Best Policy Jayanti Tamm 2011
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That awe-struck, tingly feeling the trailer gives you is in no way reciprocated by the film.
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray: 2012, Where the Wild Things Are, Ponyo, and More | /Film 2010
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