variants also awestricken

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Recent Examples of awestruck In one of the film’s most blissful scenes, BJ instantly connects with two Black women in front of an awestruck Tae, relying on nothing but charm and a shared cultural language. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 June 2025 Making matters worse and weirder, Michaela walks into this bizarre scene — looking gorgeous in a shade of emerald green Julianne Moore should have on retainer — and is met by an awestruck Bruce. Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025 The road to qualifying Glenorchy as a Dark Sky Sanctuary, however, took more than just the awestruck reviews of tourists like me to come to fruition. Michael D'estries, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025 Of course, being a little awestruck helps, when depicting someone in love. Maya Singer, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for awestruck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awestruck
Adjective
  • The stunned silence after her answer kind of says it all.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • What has left me completely stunned is that Labubus are on sale, too—just not on Amazon.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The viral video sparked thousands of comments from amazed, and skeptical, viewers.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • On the other side of the world in New Zealand, Ratu Mataira was amazed as a student at the Victoria University of Wellington when CFS leaders came to study his college’s superconductor magnet research.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Under Kidman's Practical Magic 2 post, fans in the comments expressed excitement about the forthcoming sequel to the witchy cult classic — which was based on the 1995 Alice Hoffman novel of the same name — while others seemed astonished that filming for the movie has already finished.
    Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, The Pitt only has two wins so far, but Shawn Hatosy wins most astonished speech.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The shocked look on Byrne’s face, captured in one take, is genuine.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Lewis and Picardo collapsed into tears, and Candy’s family was shocked.
    Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And Trump should not be surprised when millions of Americans stand up to his authoritarianism and his greed.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Maggie is surprised to hear that Alma is still with Frederik, and Alma marvels over Maggie’s giant engagement ring.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The women, visitors from the countryside, seemed awed by everything.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Little Penn would be awed and humbled.
    Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awestruck. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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