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verb

past tense of awe

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of awed
Adjective
Its striking, smoke-ring-like appearance has both awed and puzzled astronomers, who have long debated whether this remnant truly takes on a ring shape or if its appearance is merely an illusion created by our viewpoint in space. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025 On Saturday, as culmination to Marvel’s packed San Diego Comic-Con panel announcing the studio’s upcoming slate of projects, veteran MCU hands Anthony and Joe Russo appeared onstage alongside a phalanx of sinister metal-mask-wearing, robed figures to ecstatic cheers and awed murmurs. Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024 Susan Hassler: For as long as there have been machines, people have been both awed and threatened by them. IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014 She was both awed by and in some ways unsurprised by that possibility. Robert Lang, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for awed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awed
Adjective
  • Jaeger was amazed by the online reaction to Ola's story, as many social-media users thanked the couple for saving her.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Her doctors, Flowers says, are amazed at how she’s been able to keep her condition from progressing.
    Nicole Pajer, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Intelligence officials were appalled.
    Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • At the time, we were appalled to learn that some twenty thousand Syrians had died.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The following day, at a Dunkin’ beneath the Capitol complex, Rhodes held forth to astonished journalists about the righteousness of the assault.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The nearly two-and-a-half-minute clip shows many of the original film's iconic scenes, including Lilo's astonished discovery of the mysterious blue alien Stitch.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nwodim was clearly surprised but also seemed a little thrilled, merrily noting that the show was going to get fined as Jost and Che howled with laughter behind her.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Sheeran has made some pop-up appearances recently, busking in front of surprised passers-by, while also previewing tracks from the forthcoming record for tastemakers.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025

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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awed. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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