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With an awed expression and misty eyes, Swift marveled at the waves of aural affection, taking out her ear monitors to fully experience the overwhelming sound.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
If anything, Annie seemed almost awed by the complexities of a loving 5-year-old’s mind.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the early 1960s, when Wolf’s coding efforts could involve stacks of punch cards a foot and a half high, she was awed by the range of ideas her Panoramic colleagues threw at the wall.
—Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
Steve Jobs would come at a journalist like the rain in Buenaventura, aggressively pitching his message; Cook envelopes his interlocutors in a gentle mist and confides awed assessments of his company’s efforts.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
If anything, Annie seemed almost awed by the complexities of a loving 5-year-old’s mind.
—Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
In the early 1960s, when Wolf’s coding efforts could involve stacks of punch cards a foot and a half high, she was awed by the range of ideas her Panoramic colleagues threw at the wall.
—Shaun Raviv, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2020
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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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