—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
Examples of wow in a Sentence
Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
This is the sweet potato casserole to wow everyone at your holiday table.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
As for relaxation, the four-story, 103,000-square-foot spa and wellness center features a hydrothermal experience that has a wow factor.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
The film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal premiered at Telluride in late August and and wowed Toronto a week later, going on to win its predictive People’s Choice Award.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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Interjection
Smoking your cocktails will give you the wow factor that ensures every get-together will be memorable.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
This is the sweet potato casserole to wow everyone at your holiday table.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
There is, of course, the wow factor of having Puck who, besides his culinary empire does the food for the Governors Ball, involved.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
As for relaxation, the four-story, 103,000-square-foot spa and wellness center features a hydrothermal experience that has a wow factor.
—Sarah Sekula, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
Boise State football’s high-flying and speedy sophomore running back has wowed fans in 2025, emerging as the backfield guy who’s a home-run threat on nearly every carry.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2025
The film starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal premiered at Telluride in late August and and wowed Toronto a week later, going on to win its predictive People’s Choice Award.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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