Example Sentences

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It is overawing to average mortals who have not the temerity to say "Nonsense!" to great egos.

From Over the Pass by Palmer, Frederick

But, slowly as it moves, its power is overawing.

From A Mountain Boyhood by Comstock, Enos B. (Enos Benjamin)