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or less commonly awestricken
: filled with awe
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Examples of awestruck in a Sentence
Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.
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Rams save their season with awestruck win against 49ers
Sept. 23, 2024
Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl title to cap the 2009 season.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Some of them were milling around on Tuesday morning, in the Pfister Hotel—otherwise known as the holy of holies, for this was where Trump was staying, if the awestruck rumors were correct.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
This moment doesn’t ring with the same awestruck inspirationalism of other fight-movie resurrections — think Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man, whose return to the ring after a crippling injury sends him into early retirement is cast as triumphant.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
This story of a magical night where basketball superstars crashed a prom and danced with giddy, awestruck teenagers.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
Some of them were milling around on Tuesday morning, in the Pfister Hotel—otherwise known as the holy of holies, for this was where Trump was staying, if the awestruck rumors were correct.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
This moment doesn’t ring with the same awestruck inspirationalism of other fight-movie resurrections — think Russell Crowe in Cinderella Man, whose return to the ring after a crippling injury sends him into early retirement is cast as triumphant.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
This story of a magical night where basketball superstars crashed a prom and danced with giddy, awestruck teenagers.
—Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2023
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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awestruck. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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awestruck
adjective
awe·struck
ˈȯ-ˌstrək 
: filled with awe
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