—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
Examples of wow in a Sentence
Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel again failed to wow in his fourth start of the year, completing 60% of his passes for 156 yards, two touchdowns and the first two interceptions of his NFL career.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
There is, of course, the wow factor of having Puck who, besides his culinary empire does the food for the Governors Ball, involved.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
At Versace, Dario Vitale wowed attendees with a collection that was just as sexy and sizzling as any other Versace collection—not with over-the-top glamour, but with an over-the-top sense of cool.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
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Interjection
This is where luxury, experience, and wow-factor meet.
—Jim Augerinos, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
Rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel again failed to wow in his fourth start of the year, completing 60% of his passes for 156 yards, two touchdowns and the first two interceptions of his NFL career.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
Smoking your cocktails will give you the wow factor that ensures every get-together will be memorable.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
There is, of course, the wow factor of having Puck who, besides his culinary empire does the food for the Governors Ball, involved.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
Good fixtures have offered the opportunity for a start that has wowed everyone, but tougher runs loom.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2025
At Versace, Dario Vitale wowed attendees with a collection that was just as sexy and sizzling as any other Versace collection—not with over-the-top glamour, but with an over-the-top sense of cool.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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