How to Use awestruck in a Sentence

awestruck

adjective

• They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.
• Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
• When Bungie demo'd the game at Macworld Expo in 1999, fans were awestruck.
  — Clive Thompson, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2007
• An awestruck Wiesel, who was speaking at the rostrum, struggled for words.
  — Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
• She was escorted back to the main stage by a pair of awestruck fans who were repaid with a selfie.
  — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2018
• Open mic night on Wednesdays will often leave you awestruck.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
• Hall arrived with his fiancee, son and daughter who seemed awestruck by the turnout of dozens of people.
  — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 20 Nov. 2019
• The thunderous crash of a pheasant taking flight left us awestruck.
  — Matt Wyatt, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• Moller threw on his gear and provided a target for Archer as dozens of awestruck youngsters looked on.
  — Richard Morin, azcentral, 19 Jan. 2020
• Rocky IV was released around Thanksgiving 1985, and the kid from small-town Kutztown was awestruck from the opening scene.
  — Mike Berardino, Twin Cities, 17 Feb. 2017
• Last year, Kimmel guided awestruck tourists inside the Dolby Theater for a meet and greet.
  — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Esquire, 5 Mar. 2018
• The giant rock formations of Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons will keep you awestruck.
  — Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2020
• The giant rock formations of Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons will keep you awestruck.
  — Popular Science, 1 Jan. 2020
• Both videos of the gymnast’s routines went viral, quickly gaining support from awestruck celebs and fans around the world.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• That song’s awestruck wonder made the absence of such a quality from some other pieces all the more noticeable.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2019
• That would be the only time Jan ever saw her daughter completely awestruck.
  — Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 10 July 2019
• In early August, Kate and Laura Mulleavy stood awestruck in front of a giant board filled with pictures.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2018
• The moment America heard the 14-year-old English singer's Janis Joplin-esque pipes, the country was awestruck.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 14 Jan. 2019
• Even Chrissy Teigen, verifiable superstar in her own right, is too awestruck by Queen Bey to speak to her!
  — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 11 Feb. 2020
• Arthur followed the project closely, and Gevers had been awestruck by his intelligence.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, WIRED, 18 June 2018
• Here are all the must-reads Smithsonian.com has published this summer on the history of awestruck eclipse chasers, ancient eclipse anxiety, Benjamin Franklin's eclipse satire and more.
  — Smithsonian, 18 Aug. 2017
• Here are all the must-reads Smithsonian.com has published this summer on the history of awestruck eclipse chasers, ancient eclipse anxiety, Benjamin Franklin's eclipse satire and more.
  — Smithsonian, 19 Aug. 2017
• Petit then spent an hour walking, sitting and dancing on the cable as awestruck spectators watched from the streets below.
  — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
• Jonas seems awestruck by her presence, and extremely affected by her touch.
  — Abbey Maxbauer, refinery29.com, 25 June 2019
• To convince Commander Waterford, Offred has to force a big smile and play his awestruck ingénue.
  — Sarah Bichsel, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
• Love the idea of seeing a realistic seeming T. rex or stegosaurus at full 40-plus-foot length — incidentally, the same length as the bona fide T. rex skeleton known as Sue inside the Field — and you’ll be awestruck.
  — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
• Paulson’s powerful delivery rendered the crowd silent and awestruck.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2018
• Star Katee Sackhoff, who is also a producer on the show, says that Blair shared her diagnosis with her privately, and was awestruck by her frankness and strength in handling it.
  — Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, 25 July 2019
• The resort offers plenty of fine dining with three restaurants, but the glittering holiday trees and other festive greenery will leave you awestruck.
  — Travel Wisconsin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
• The marvelous gem-like terraces seemed to be drowned for good, existing now only in the few amateur watercolors that had been painted by awestruck travelers.
  — Ken Jennings, CNT, 25 Sep. 2017

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