Example sentences for: awed

How can you use “awed” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • We expect to be awed by the sheer size and marmoreal magnificence of David , the Sistine Chapel, the dome of St. Peter's in Rome.

  • The movie, directed and co-written by Roland Emmerich, the Teutonic schlockmeister who awed (or stupefied) the world with Independence Day (1996), isn't entirely lame.

  • Naturally awed by his father's achievements, he swore he didn't want a career in politics (again, not unlike the way W. pursued business after failing to get elected to Congress at age 31).

  • No one who comes here can fail to be awed by the landscape and charmed by the lifestyle of this small yet spectacular corner of England.

  • Bob Greene reports that Jordan--the greatest basketball player of all time--was motivated by a sports fantasy: that he'd be batting for the White Sox in his first professional baseball game, and would hit a home run, round the bases and, never stopping running, just head straight from home plate to the tunnel leading out of the stadium, disappearing in front of the awed crowd.


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