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US
/ˈɑ, ˈɔ/
]
[ UK /ˈɔː/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔː/ ]
NOUN
-
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
the French treat food with gentle reverence
the fear of God
the Chinese reverence for the dead
his respect for the law bordered on veneration -
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
VERB
-
inspire awe in
The famous professor awed the undergraduates
How To Use awe In A Sentence
- A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire.
- Then, as they approached the docks, the diggers stared in awe at the remains of the once-mighty Imperial Japanese Navy.
- Although the strategy was flawed by its excessive voluntarism, it did force the party to modernize itself.
- I have always loved documenting the beauty and awesomeness of nature.
- Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain.
- The critics are in awe of the play's fast, violent pacing, its tight structure and the humorous Scottish dialect.
- He was in awe of China and pleaded that if India should progress it should learn a lesson or two from the communist regime.
- I can, however tell you that AB is absolutely freaking awesome!! What I've been doing this morning...
- The players were top drawer. The Sun
- The relationships between hagfishes, lampreys, and jawed vertebrates are one of the still-unresolved problems in craniate phylogeny.
