—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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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
With Shooter, there's such a level of like, wow, this guy is truly evil but he's so fully realized.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 25 July 2025
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
Nobu Hotel Toronto, which launched last month, is a stunning fusion of Japanese elegance and contemporary Canadian design and certainly has the wow factor.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Allure, 8 Aug. 2025
But the real Ada wowed Shakman in a couple of key emotional scenes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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Interjection
This is the kind of dessert that will wow everyone but isn’t hard (or time consuming) to make.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 26 July 2025
With Shooter, there's such a level of like, wow, this guy is truly evil but he's so fully realized.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 25 July 2025
Noun
The aircraft carrier My Mother’s Wedding also includes the unexpected wow factor in the ginormous Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales used in scenes involving Johansson’s naval commander.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
Nobu Hotel Toronto, which launched last month, is a stunning fusion of Japanese elegance and contemporary Canadian design and certainly has the wow factor.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
The skin-care-forward formula, however, really wowed our editors: Moisturizing and calming ingredients like tremella mushroom, Centella asiatica (a.k.a. cica), and green tea help soothe and repair skin.
—Allure, 8 Aug. 2025
But the real Ada wowed Shakman in a couple of key emotional scenes.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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