: showing awe
awed respect

Examples of awed in a Sentence

gave the nationally known golfer an awed look
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And some likely were still awed that Sabathia saved the Milwaukee Brewers’ 2008 playoff run by making each of his final three starts of the season on three days rest. Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025 Its striking, smoke-ring-like appearance has both awed and puzzled astronomers, who have long debated whether this remnant truly takes on a ring shape or if its appearance is merely an illusion created by our viewpoint in space. Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025 On Saturday, as culmination to Marvel’s packed San Diego Comic-Con panel announcing the studio’s upcoming slate of projects, veteran MCU hands Anthony and Joe Russo appeared onstage alongside a phalanx of sinister metal-mask-wearing, robed figures to ecstatic cheers and awed murmurs. Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 July 2024 Susan Hassler: For as long as there have been machines, people have been both awed and threatened by them. IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2014 See all Example Sentences for awed 

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of awed was in 1591

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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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