awe
/ɔ/ noun B2- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
Plural awes
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“That was it,” said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice; and we were all silent for a while.
I just gazed at her in awe.
“What are you thinking of?” asked the abbé smilingly, imputing the deep abstraction in which his visitor was plunged to the excess of his awe and wonder.
Bennet luckily stood in such awe of her intended son-in-law, that she ventured not to speak to him, unless it was in her power to offer him any attention, or mark her deference for his opinion.
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