awestruck
filled with awe.
Origin of awestruck
1- Also awe-struck, awe-strick·en, awe·strick·en [aw-strik-uhn]. /ˈɔˌstrɪk ən/.
Words Nearby awestruck
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How to use awestruck in a sentence
I’m always a little awestruck when foods that taste especially good together also balance each other nutritionally.
Grilled stone fruit and yogurt make a luscious, dreamy couple | Ellie Krieger | July 22, 2021 | Washington PostInstantly giddy and awestruck, I spent the remainder of the three-hour bus ride scanning the horizon for animals.
When she finally saw the cosmic show, with undulating streamers of emerald, fuchsia and violet shimmering across the ether, she was awestruck.
The aurora borealis skipped this Alaska photography class. But some swinging light cords saved the night. | Bailey Berg | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostIt was the first time either of them had been to a rocket launch, and both said they were awestruck.
Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station | Christian Davenport | January 26, 2021 | Washington Post“I definitely remember this feeling of just being awestruck,” Rivera-Valentín says.
Why Arecibo’s loss is such a big deal for astronomy | Maria Temming | December 9, 2020 | Science News For Students
At first, family members are awestruck—amazed and thankful that their loved one is still with them.
What It’s Like to Wake Up Dead | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when I finally stumbled on The Sopranos, I was awestruck.
Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV | Ted Gioia | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe 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.
Israel Bombs Syria: Nation a ‘Battlefield for the World’s Powers’ | Mike Giglio | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJudge Lynch, awestruck by this terrible roar, now felt what it is to be a judge; he trembled and hesitated.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeKalingalunga paused at the brink and said to his companions in a low, awestruck voice, "Milmeridien."
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeIn this garden of the dead of all ages they felt their common humanity, and followed their black brother silent and awestruck.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeMeadows sat still as a mouse, his brain boiling and bubbling—awestruck at what he had done, yet meditating worse.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeI stood amongst my awestruck congregation for a few minutes.
My New Curate | P.A. Sheehan
British Dictionary definitions for awestruck
awe-stricken
/ (ˈɔːˌstrʌk) /
overcome or filled with awe
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