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awestruck

[ aw-struhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

awestruck

/ ˈɔːˌstrʌk /

First recorded in 1625–35

At first, family members are awestruck—amazed and thankful that their loved one is still with them.

But when I finally stumbled on The Sopranos, I was awestruck.

He also liked girls, and he liked how approachable he was with a toddler staring awestruck from the next stool over.

I had to go back and remember how awestruck I felt when I encountered it for the first time.

As Israeli jets bombed Damascus on Sunday, Ahmad al-Khatib stood awestruck in his apartment.

Judge Lynch, awestruck by this terrible roar, now felt what it is to be a judge; he trembled and hesitated.

Kalingalunga paused at the brink and said to his companions in a low, awestruck voice, "Milmeridien."

In this garden of the dead of all ages they felt their common humanity, and followed their black brother silent and awestruck.

Meadows sat still as a mouse, his brain boiling and bubbling—awestruck at what he had done, yet meditating worse.

I stood amongst my awestruck congregation for a few minutes.

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