—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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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
And do your research, but wow, the results are really that good.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 June 2025
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 June 2025
The dash of color, which changes with the addition of citrus juice, and bright citrus will certainly put the wow in your summer cocktail.
—Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 June 2025
The Context Last year's Wicked, a spin-off of the Wizard of Oz, wowed both fans and critics, earning $756 million at the box office worldwide.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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Interjection
All the Dodgers have to do is keep winning, stage an occasional giveaway night — wow, look!
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
And do your research, but wow, the results are really that good.
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 June 2025
Noun
If your closet is steering stealthy-chic, then your shoe game should go for more of a wow factor.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 June 2025
The dash of color, which changes with the addition of citrus juice, and bright citrus will certainly put the wow in your summer cocktail.
—Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Verb
But his imprisonment isn’t the only wowing change Patience is facing.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 6 June 2025
The Context Last year's Wicked, a spin-off of the Wizard of Oz, wowed both fans and critics, earning $756 million at the box office worldwide.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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