awe

In a sentence

Six example sentences with awe, each labelled with its topic.

• Nobody spoke on the rim at sunrise; the whole group stood in awe until the guide called us back.

  Travel

• Standing under the ceiling for the first time, she felt an awe that no reproduction had ever prepared her for.

  Art

• The first images from the new telescope produced awe even among researchers who had spent decades studying galaxies.

  Science

• Burke separated beauty from the sublime, arguing that awe arises from things vast enough to make us feel small.

  Philosophy

• Gothic builders designed for awe, raising the vault so high that visitors tilt their heads back before speaking.

  Architecture

• Even opposing benches watched in awe as the rookie hung in the air a beat longer than seemed possible.

  Basketball

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains awe. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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