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or less commonly awestricken
: filled with awe
Synonyms of awestruck
Examples of awestruck in a Sentence
Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.
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The Yale Center for British Art has also done exhibits of Indian landscapes by awestruck artists such as Edward Lear, which have an out-of-touch, touristy feel to them.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
One awestruck girl kept reaching out to touch Mr. Abu Amsha’s guitar.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
Over the last few years, Monfils has thrilled crowds pretty much wherever he’s been, drawing awestruck reactions from people disbelieving at how someone in their mid- and now late 30s can be producing such spellbinding tennis.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
One awestruck girl kept reaching out to touch Mr. Abu Amsha’s guitar.
—Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Nov. 2025
Over the last few years, Monfils has thrilled crowds pretty much wherever he’s been, drawing awestruck reactions from people disbelieving at how someone in their mid- and now late 30s can be producing such spellbinding tennis.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awestruck. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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awestruck
adjective
awe·struck
ˈȯ-ˌstrək 
: filled with awe
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