Example Sentences

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Understood me in a mix of warmth and words that would have awed Imala.

From Nature • Dec. 11, 2018

That, in turn, brought him an appreciation for players who have awed him on the way to 18-1, and who, strangely, just received some validation that they mattered.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2016

Cunningham's description was a typically understated account of a scene that would have awed many.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2013

Ever since fossils of the behemoth, long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods surfaced in England nearly 170 years ago, they have awed and confused scientists.

From Scientific American • Apr. 30, 2012

IM the Cab-horse found himself in possession of a large room with a green marble floor and carved marble wainscoting, which was so stately in its appearance that it would have awed anyone else.

From Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Neill, John R. (John Rea)