—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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Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2026
Want to wow your dinner guests?
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
There are beautiful things to buy, but the wow factor was missing overall.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
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Interjection
But wow, the resemblance is uncanny!
—Fleurine Tideman, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2026
Want to wow your dinner guests?
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
Cherry tomatoes and Parmesan cheese round out the wow factor in this creamy dish that can easily be made a day in advance.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
There are beautiful things to buy, but the wow factor was missing overall.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
Like a lot of people, she gets wowed by the lore.
—Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026
Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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