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gave the nationally known golfer an awed look
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Simmons, who would miss the induction ceremony due to an undisclosed family emergency (the band’s representative affirmed all is well), was also equal parts honored and awed.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 June 2026
With every contribution from Messi, that sense of awed reverence from the crowd increased.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.
—James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Castro, who spent the day with Mejia and often translated for her, described Mejia as awed and giddy throughout the day.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 June 2026
With every contribution from Messi, that sense of awed reverence from the crowd increased.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.
—James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Castro, who spent the day with Mejia and often translated for her, described Mejia as awed and giddy throughout the day.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for awed
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“Awed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awed. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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