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were awing

  • past progressive of awe.

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Inside the Sistine Chapel, where in the past I have been shoved and elbowed by the crowds, about 30 spectators were awing over Perugino’s frescoes and craning to see Michelangelo’s burly musclemen on the ceiling.

From New York Times Jun. 25, 2021

The ball seemed for a time as if it were awing forever, and would fall to the ground no more.

From The Frontiersmen by Murfree, Mary Noailles