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Definition of awed
: showing awe awed respect
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Examples of awed in a Sentence
gave the nationally known golfer an awed look
Recent Examples of awed from the Web
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The spectators lining the arena were awed as hundreds of Native Americans dancers in splendid attire paraded in what is known as the Grand Entrance of the tribes.
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There was a moment of awed silence as the boys contemplated such a thing, and then a burst of laughter.
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So too with this vast novel, which will leave you awed by the heat of its anger and the depth of its compassion.
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The trophy moves through hallways basking in the stares of awed students, teachers and parents.
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In the vector’s lab at the National University in San Salvador, the 26-year-old biology major sounds awed by Aedes aegypti, which carries dengue fever, chikungunya, and Zika in its three-millimeter body.
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At the Family Research Counsel, Cathy Cleaver awed lawmakers with her media-savvy CDA shtick.
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First Known Use of awed
1592
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