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
It is hard to say how it came about; perhaps it was because she unconsciously felt the absence in Bazarov of all gentility, of all that superiority which at once attracts and overawes.
From Fathers and Children by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
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
Yonder policeman at the corner looks big and formidable: he protects the women and overawes the boys.
From Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
