overawe
verb (used with object)
to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate.
overawes
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present tense formof overawe (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In the same way, these young people live in the light of the history of cinema, of the great age of Hollywood and the classic European cinema that also overarches and overawes the moderns.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2014
"The building is a personal statement by Rudolph," he says, "and it overawes a student who is looking for a place to make his own personal statement."
From Time Magazine Archive
The force has got no farther, but its position on the main line of march is of vital service; as it overawes the Kokofu, and facilitates the advance of further relief.
From Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti by Walter Paget
A box hat is a great sign of respectability; when a vestryman wears one he overawes philosophers; yet some men would as soon wear the helmet of Don Quixote.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
Such goodness overawes me; I don’t know what to make of it.’
From The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
