AWE in a Sentence
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76 example sentences for AWE, such as:
1. George sat fixed with solemn awe.
2. He felt wonder mingled with awe at the Grand Canyon.
3. Even the packers were in awe of him, so the men said.
4. His lean features wore an expression of awe and admiration.
5. The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.
2. He felt wonder mingled with awe at the Grand Canyon.
3. Even the packers were in awe of him, so the men said.
4. His lean features wore an expression of awe and admiration.
5. The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of AWE
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awe
v. inspire awe in
n. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
Classic Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
1 The East remembered generations when there had been no railroad, and had no awe of it; but here the railroads had been before time was.
2 And more than all, if just previous to putting your hand into the tar-pot, you have been lording it as a country schoolmaster, making the tallest boys stand in awe of you.
3 And yet I also felt a strange awe of him; but that sort of awe, which I cannot at all describe, was not exactly awe; I do not know what it was.
4 I felt at once his deliberateness and personal dignity, and was a little in awe of him.
5 Though Antonia loved her father more than she did anyone else, she stood in awe of her elder brother.
6 Even the packers were in awe of him, so the men said.
7 "Oh," said Jurgis, wonderingly, and stated at the speaker in awe.
8 They spoke together, and the sounds of their voices were low and solemn, as if influenced by a reverence that was deeply blended with awe.
9 The trained bodies of the troops threw themselves quickly into solid masses, endeavoring to awe their assailants by the imposing appearance of a military front.
10 The flushed countenance, angry eye and swelling figure of the scout, produced a sensation of secret awe in all that heard him.
11 His people readily constructed his unintelligible language into one of those mysterious conferences he was believed to hold so frequently with a superior intelligence and they awaited the issue of the revelation in awe.
12 His lean features wore an expression of awe and admiration.
13 Her husband, who made no professions to any particular religious character, nevertheless reverenced and respected the consistency of hers, and stood, perhaps, a little in awe of her opinion.
14 Tom looked at the child with awe; and when she, hearing her father's voice, glided away, he wiped his eyes many times, as he looked after her.
15 George sat fixed with solemn awe.
Example Sentence:
1 The tourists gazed with awe at the tremendous expanse of the Grand Canyon.
2 She gazed with awe at the mighty cataract known as Niagara Falls.
3 The titter that rippled around the room appeared to abash the boy, but in reality that result was caused rather more by his worshipful awe of his unknown idol and the dread pleasure that lay in his high good fortune.
4 He felt wonder mingled with awe at the Grand Canyon.
5 The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.