overawe
verb (used with object)
to restrain or subdue by inspiring awe; intimidate.
was overawing
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past progressiveof overawe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The first album I'd ever bought was Ziggy Stardust and I owned all his others, so it was overawing, but he was really generous as a performer.
From The Guardian ā Feb. 23, 2013
And in that presence there was a mingling of exquisite tenderness and of limitless power that was overawing.
From Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
