(n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
(v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Example Sentences:
(1) "I wanted it to have a romantic feel," says Wilson, "recalling Donald Campbell and his Bluebird machines and that spirit of awe-inspiring adventure."
(2) I have had the awe-inducing pleasure of standing alone among the giant trees, both sequoias and redwoods, and hearing nothing but the chatter of the squirrels and the high wind in the tallest branches.
(3) Let’s leave that discussion to another day, but imagine a combination of the two – sort of Transformers meets Ex Machina – in which a race of giant sexy robots battles it out with another race of really mean giant sexy robots while paltry human beings look on in awe, and teenage boys (and girls) experience incredibly conflicting and disturbing sensual awakenings in the front row of the Beckenham Odeon.
(4) But as a professional engineer, Alwash admits to having been in awe at what Saddam's men had done.
(5) An activist has discipline, goals and strategy.” Amy K. Nelson (@AmyKNelson) Amazing scene here at QuickTrip: exiled Tibetan monks here & people are in awe, hugging them, wanting photos.
(6) From where he stood, the Real Madrid coach watched in awe as barely metres away Gareth Bale started the sprint that ended with him scoring what he admitted was the "biggest" goal of his career: a 50-metre gallop that won the Copa del Rey for Real Madrid .
(7) The world is in awe of China’s relentless capacity to produce gargantuan cities, each outdoing the most recent superlative that describes its predecessor.
(8) He’s sensitive, intelligent, rather awe-inspiring and slightly frightening, but he is a real person, you can get really involved in him.
(9) One day they hope to recreate a full-size, ocean-going replica Roskilde 6, and send it across the sea to awe rather than to terrorise the coasts of the British Isles.
(10) Are we fighting for a better understanding of what is going on in our sport or are we trying to get power?’” Saddique Shaban (@SaddiqueShaban) No let up in Kenyan athletes siege at Roadha House as besieged officials watch in awe.
(11) But it was awe-inspiring to watch Rivers try: she had the stamina of someone (several someones) a fraction of her age.
(12) Of course a father looking at the ultrasound image of his gestating, 20-week-old daughters is going to feel love and awe and the majesty of life, and deeply feel that those are his babies and that they are people.
(13) Despite pressure from leaders in Europe and across the world – from David Cameron to Barack Obama – the ECB has resisted calls for a "shock and awe" intervention in the bond markets to support countries such as Italy and Spain, which have seen their borrowing costs soar in the past two weeks.
(14) A surgical intervention is dangerous for the old patient awing to the reduced reactiveness and polymorbity.
(15) Malton says she is "in awe" of how he goes about the work.
(16) The right has spent almost every moment of the last six years painting leftists as people gazing in blissful awe at Obama.
(17) When Spielberg asked him to design the mothership for the climax of Close Encounters, the artist drew on a dream from years earlier, in which he had seen an awe-inspiring spacecraft with pipes and stairways jutting out from its underside.
(18) He liked the band, and we gave him $10,000, which was probably a big influence.” Their second (far more unlikely) collaboration with P-Funk main man Clinton was such a success that the mere mention of his name sends the band into a love-glow of awe.
(19) Only a rare few have accomplished this noble journey and can attest to the feeling of awe that accompanies such a moment in one’s life.
(20) Yet in the face of the country’s political and media establishment warning Greeks to vote yes – echoing every major European leader (and quite a few faceless ones) – and the shock-and-awe tactics of the European Central Bank in pulling the plug on Greek banks , the country still delivered a loud no to austerity, troika-style.
Fawe
Definition:
(a.) Fain; glad; delighted.
Example Sentences:
(1) Phil Pritchard, FAW president "I am completely shocked by this terrible news and my thoughts are with his family.
(2) At one stage or another he has held almost every job within the national setup other than manager – even now he is still in charge of the under-16s, along with his other roles with the FAW – which means Euro 2016 represents a chance to see the fruits of his labour on one of the biggest stages.
(3) However, Vice Admiral Style said the boarding of the dhow had taken place 7.5 nautical miles south-east of the al-Faw peninsula in Iran.
(4) The FA and FAW do not intend to contravene these rules.
(5) An FAW statement said: "The Football Association of Wales are sad to announce the death of the national team manager Gary Speed.
(6) However before a ball was kicked in 92-93, the FAW requested that the club put up a bond as surety that their floodlights would be erected in time for the beginning of the League Cup competition.
(7) Sam Allardyce has backed the idea but the FAW fear it could damage Wales’s position as an independent nation within Fifa.
(8) A two-year deal, covering the 2016 European Championship qualifying campaign, was agreed with Coleman before the 2-1 defeat in Macedonia last Friday and, although the paperwork has yet to be signed, the FAW intends to honour that offer.
(9) In a statement, it said everyone at the FAW admired his passion for the job and "that this tragedy should have taken someone so young and talented is a huge loss not only for his family and friends, but as a nation as a whole".
(10) It is all over at 12.30pm and, as the youngsters depart, Campbell walks over to Osian Roberts, the FAW's technical director who runs the Newport course and is acting as the former England international's mentor.
(11) In anaesthetized cats, the isolated, in situ, larynx was subjected to a simulated respiratory cycle and the responses of fifty-six superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) afferent fibres to respiration-related stimuli were examined during changes in the fractional CO2 concentration of the laryngeal airway (Faw, CO2).
(12) The judgment was also critical of the way the force dealt with Howard's fairness at work (FAW) complaint.
(13) Coleman is, though, under pressure to improve results and also polish up his act off the field after the embarrassment before the Macedonia trip, when he was unable to board the flight with the players after losing his passport – something that went down badly with senior members at the FAW.
(14) But Scotland's win over Croatia means Wales finish a lowly fifth in Group A, and the FAW will have to decide whether some fleeting moments of promise merit another chance for the 43-year-old.
(15) There is no indication, however, that the FAW will make a change.
(16) The traits evaluated were 1) weaning to weaning interval (WWI), 2) litter size at weaning (LSW), 3) fraction alive at weaning (FAW)-the ratio of LSW to number born alive, 4) total litter weight at weaning (LWT), 5) pup weight at weaning (PWT), 6) weaning weight per pup observed alive at birth (WPP), 7) parental feed consumption per day (FPD) and 8) parental costs (PCT).
(17) The indexes for dams included WW, 12-mo weight (12W), 18-mo weight (18W), mature spring weight (SPW) and mature fall weight (FAW) and were: for inbred dams, ID = .1824 (WW) - .0284 (12W) + .0736 (18W) - .1097 (SPW) - .1097 (FAW); for linecross dams, ID = .2693 (WW) - .2960 (12W) + .0147 (18W) + .1185 (SPW) - .0354 (FAW).
(18) The incident represents an embarrassing episode for Coleman and the FAW, with the former Fulham manager, who is close to agreeing a contract extension, nowhere to be seen as his team went through their final pre-match preparations.
(19) "Quality assurance is conducted at various stages within the FAW process to ensure that any findings and conclusions reached are based upon evidence."
(20) A book of remembrance has been set up in the reception ares of the Football Association of Wales (FAW) headquarters in Cardiff.