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or less commonly awestricken
: filled with awe
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Examples of awestruck in a Sentence
Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.
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Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
Kudrow shouts at Romano, joining the gathering and drawing a more awestruck response from the group.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
These kids have never seen anything like this on their sheltered homeworld, and attempting to mimic their awestruck reaction for the audience is admirable.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Rams save their season with awestruck win against 49ers
Sept. 23, 2024
Brees led the New Orleans Saints to a Super Bowl title to cap the 2009 season.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awestruck. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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awestruck
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awe·struck
ˈȯ-ˌstrək 
: filled with awe
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