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Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025 The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025 The visibly shocked and awed fan more than proved her Green Day knowledge by belting out the lyrics perfectly with Armstrong.—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Eugene Levy so much, his famous eyebrows get raised right off his head and go on a grand tour — ending up as a mustache on a baby, kings to awed caterpillars and even alighting on daughter Sarah’s hand before returning to his face.—Alex Apatoff, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for awed
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