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awestruck

American  
[aw-struhk] / ˈɔˌstrʌk /
Also awe-struck,

adjective

  1. filled with awe.

awestruck British  
/ ˈɔːˌstrʌk /

adjective

  1. overcome or filled with awe

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Etymology

Origin of awestruck

First recorded in 1625–35

Example Sentences

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An awestruck Pakistan quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi pronounced Brook's performance: "The best innings of his life. A captain's innings."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Are you sure she’s your ma?” one of her teenage son’s awestruck friends asks while gazing up at her.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

If the Dodgers do indeed roll on, then for another minute we will be awestruck by the relentless, money-fueled, dancing Dodger machine.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2025

"You think you know these people," Winkleman reflected, "and then you watch them play this game, and I was awestruck by the way they played it - with empathy, with wit and with real smarts."

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2025

“Those are the ten categories of the Dewey decimal system,” whispered Miguel, sounding awestruck.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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