overawe
verb (used with object)
to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate.
had overawed
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past perfectof overawe.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The bold and successful manner in which the Americans had overawed the soldiery and coerced submission to their demands, irritated them highly, and made them wish for a good opportunity to retaliate.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
A greater than the Emperor had overawed them.
From In the Track of the Troops by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
His giant intellect and tremendous personality had overawed Henry IV into ignominious capitulation at Canossa.
From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Henry Paul Mainwaring Jones
If she was silent he might think he had overawed her.
From The Rhodesian by Gertrude Page
Several times this man had overawed, outwitted, beaten him.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
