How To Use Overawed In A Sentence
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She was excited to ride in exalted company, but she would not be overawed.
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And for a moment the thought rose in my mind, What if he were overawed by this imposing array of power and brains?
Chapter 5: The Philomaths
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I am overawed by their brilliance, in what once must have been seen as an impossible task.
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No doubt he is a little overawed by the array of rugby knowledge here so let's give him a fair chance.
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If anyone had thought that the global elite was not overawed by a little stardust, think again.
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What's certain is that she won't be overawed.
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Now that she was due to walk out on to the stage herself she became overawed with admiration.
THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
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We were not overawed by their reputation as world champions, however, and physically there wasn't too much in it.
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She is overawed by the moody magnificence of Glencoe, and entranced by the beauty of Edinburgh.
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Butler, though a man brave by principle, if not by constitution, was overawed; for intensity of mental distress has in it a sort of sublimity which repels and overawes all men, but especially those of kind and sympathetic dispositions.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Two years on, Buchanan admits he was overawed by the Olympic experience in Sydney.
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If anyone had thought that the global elite was not overawed by a little stardust, think again.
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We were the only people in there at the time and the silence completely overawed us.
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As the players' status has grown, broadcasters in particular seem to have become totally overawed, so that nowadays most post-match interviews are conducted with such a desperate air of nervously ingratiating chumminess, it's like the class nerd has found himself sitting on the back seat of the school bus next to the lads in the leather jackets, with the menthols and the bottle of mixed liqueurs nicked from their parents' drinks cabinet.
Who's the sycophant in the black? | Harry Pearson
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But they said they were "overawed" by the amount of support and practical help they had had from people in Bristol, revealing that they had received many cards and letters of sympathy from well-wishers they had never even met.
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Many were overawed by the occasion though, with one of the Highland entrants taking exception to the crowd's enthusiastic applause.
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Yet after a first half in which Jim Telfer's men looked overawed by the English and conceded the advantage, they began to claw their way back into the game.
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She is overawed by the extent of the old-style dance revival and says she has had to put on extra classes to cope with demand.
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I've never overawed by your threat.
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She had been somewhat overawed at first by their guest's fame.
SANDS OF TIME
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He showed that he was not overawed by the England shirt.
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Crouching underneath two huge, tired-looking horse chestnut trees, we were overawed by the treasure trove among the fallen leaves.
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What's certain is that she won't be overawed.
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If anyone had thought that the global elite was not overawed by a little stardust, think again.
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Some of the players were totally overawed by playing their first game at the national stadium.
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No doubt he is a little overawed by the array of rugby knowledge here so let's give him a fair chance.
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I was overawed and fully believed everything they told me.
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They refused to be overawed by Brazil, and came out fully confident in their ability to win.
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She would have been delighted, and perhaps a little overawed.
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Don't be overawed by people in authority, however important they are.
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She was overawed by the presence of so many people.
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It may come down to whether he is overawed by both the presence of Woods and the whole Masters occasion.
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Could it be that at 14 he was slightly overawed by the occasion?
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The attendant physician, possibly overawed by the eminence of his charge, gave a warning which, in the wisdom of hindsight, he probably regretted for the rest of his life.
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Why be overawed by the task, or cowed by the abounding unbelief and false religion of our day?
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I, like many a sailor before me, became overawed by this magnificent bird when sailing the southern oceans.
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An overawed young curate is having tea with his vicar.
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People in England are kind of overawed by that because they're not used to quite that level of self-assurance in their women in public life.
CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2009
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He was totally overawed by his father.
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He wasn't overawed by the thought of working with the National.
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To his rear a revolt of Pueblo Indians and unreconciled Mexicans was crushed by Price in January 1847, while Doniphan with 600-700 Missouri volunteers overawed the powerful Navajo.
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The abbot, neither overawed by the strength nor by the quantity of the potion, took it off with what he himself would have called a feeling of solace and pleasance, and his voice became much more composed; he signified himself as comforted extraordinarily by the medicine, and willing to proceed to answer any questions which could be put to him by his gallant young friend.
Castle Dangerous
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She would have been delighted, and perhaps a little overawed.
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Gordon himself was a real charmer but he puts on this volatile act for the cameras and I think our chef was totally overawed by him.
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Handkerchief was overawed, and with surly looks he led three of his men aboard the Reindeer.
White and Yellow
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Though I believe in artistic egalitarianism, I was overawed by the big names.
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They had some big names in their squad but we weren't overawed, especially since a few of them were past their prime.
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He insists he is not overawed by the challenge of winning the South.
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Having eaten there but once - and I was a guest so didn't have to pay, either - I was almost overawed by its excellence.
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We may have no big names of stars on our team but they are all triers to the last and will not be overawed by the reputation of the Dubs.
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He certainly didn't look overawed as he stepped on to the first tee and smacked his drive a mile down the fairway.
US Open 2011: Rory McIlroy into final round with eight-shot lead
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Patel admitted he had initially been overawed by the occasion.
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I made no sign, but out of the corner of my eye I saw that the Yellow Handkerchief had discovered the emptiness of the pocket which had hitherto overawed him.
White and Yellow
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I'm overawed with the beauty of some things and incredibly saddened by others.
A New Tour and a New Audience at 70
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He was overawed by rather grand surroundings.
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Some of the players were totally overawed by playing their first game at the national stadium.
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Though she has just reached puberty, she is not overawed by a sage, howsoever famous he might be.
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They say ignorance is bliss, and that proved to be the case because I wasn't overawed in that first game.
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A two-wheeler's maintenance can be done anywhere; for a car, you have to take it to the company workshop and many people in that segment are overawed by these workshops.
Is the Ultra Low-Cost Car Dream Over?
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The Greeks were plainly overawed by the display of armed strength and were putting their own rifles away.
Charley's Coup
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Some of the players were totally overawed by playing their first game at the national stadium.
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The younger players were overawed by the occasion and played badly.
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He was overawed by the rows of desks tiered as in a movie theatre, each equipped with multiple laptops and surrounded by giant screens.
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Clearly overawed by the presence of the police, the woman withdrew.
TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
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Even the man who ironed clothes near Jayashri's home was overawed and showed her new respect.
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Clearly overawed by the presence of the police, the woman withdrew.
TO HIS JUST DESSERTS
