as in amazed
filled with amazement or wonder
gave the nationally known golfer an awed look
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Recent Examples of awed
Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Adjective
Holiday ice rinks 2024:Here's where to skate outdoors in metro Phoenix
Be awed by Glendale Glitters holiday lights
Millions of lights illuminate the area between 57th and 59th avenues, and Glendale and Myrtle avenues in downtown Glendale for Glendale Glitters.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awed
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For some commenters, the posts incite fervent ridicule; others are amazed and even inspired.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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How Did TikTok React? After posting the footage on TikTok, Lemos was amazed by the overwhelming reaction.Paul du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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Intelligence officials were appalled.Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
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At the time, we were appalled to learn that some twenty thousand Syrians had died.Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2024
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Very quickly, Hughes and the Hughes Aircraft company, with characteristic enthusiasm, took over the entire project and left Kaiser on the sidelines more or less as an astonished spectator.David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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The giant wall of (working!) video monitors that Wagner and his team built ended up being a great way to pull the characters, and the camera, into the same astonished viewership as the ABC audience.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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Hill said that many were surprised to learn the extent of Hill-Wolfskill’s support for everyone, from family and friends to complete strangers.J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 12 Jan. 2025
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Don’t be surprised if the project completion date slips into 2028 or 2029.Larry Penner, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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