What's the difference between overawed and thunderstruck?

Overawed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Overawe

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is a real stunned silence in that room, people are overawed."
  • (2) "It looked like we were overawed and I don't know why," he said.
  • (3) Continued to fight but was starved of the ball once City scored Ki Sung-yueng 6 Retained possession well in the first half and kept things ticking along for Sunderland although, as the game progressed, became slightly overawed in midfield Sebastian Larsson 6 Scurried around for the hour that he was on the pitch.
  • (4) "People feel overawed by the internet and what they turn up when they are searching," said Highfield.
  • (5) "We have been overawed by the amount of support and practical help from people in Bristol - and especially her close friends Emma and Becky.
  • (6) It wasn’t just that she was overawed by the spectacle, although she was: stuff I took for granted – lasers, pyrotechnics, confetti cannons, all the usual bells and whistles of a big pop show – were a constant source of overwhelming sensory overload.
  • (7) Maybe he was overawed by playing alongside Iago Aspas.
  • (8) Lord Dyson, the Master of the Rolls, has described to the justice select committee how unrepresented litigants often “dry up” and become overawed by court procedures, failing to present their claims adequately.
  • (9) The first album I'd ever bought was Ziggy Stardust and I owned all his others, so it was overawing, but he was really generous as a performer.
  • (10) While some teenagers may feel overawed at such an incredible trajectory of progress, Okoye takes it in his stride.
  • (11) Their fairly comfortable (we'll get to Michael Gspurning…) victory over a rather overawed Colorado Rapids sees them coming into tonight's game hoping that the playoffs are something of a fresh start.
  • (12) Never overawed 7 Andros Townsend Direct and eager in possession to test Azpilicueta, plenty of urgency down the flank, although unable to conjure a telling delivery 6 Christian Eriksen Belted an early free-kick on to the bar to promise much but, thereafter, was otherwise peripheral where Spurs needed him to be integral 5 Nacer Chadli Should offer so much more given his physique but he air-kicked at his best opportunity and only offered occasional flashes of his quality 5 Harry Kane Dropped deep to inspire two early chances, dribbling at panicked opponents, but denied a goal by Terry’s fine block 6
  • (13) From "the ritual of the hunt; the pomp of assizes (and all the theatrical power of the law courts); the segregated pews, the late entries and early departures at church" to the splendour of their wealth and hauteur of bearing and expression – all was a performance calculated to overawe the vulgar and extract deference.
  • (14) On Sunday, we will have a pre-game training session and on Monday we will have our normal preparation for a normal game.” Middlesbrough are not likely to be overawed by the occasion: this season, they were outstanding in beating Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad in the FA Cup, and were unlucky to go out of the Capital One Cup to Liverpool 14-13 on penalties after a pulsating 2-2 draw at Anfield.
  • (15) US Open 2015: Johanna Konta ready for tough encounter with Andrea Petkovic Read more With her long black socks, tattooed arms and orange dyed hair, Mattek-Sands appeared a player not overawed by the spotlight and she exploded out of the blocks under the lights of Arthur Ashe.
  • (16) It was all too much for an overawed Kernodle, who never turned up, but the remaining three delivered a sparse, vibrant rendition of a brand new Cash song, Hey Porter.
  • (17) My theory is that people who come into Downing Street are quite often overawed by being here.
  • (18) Yet Bilic is counting on his players to rise to the occasion, rather than be overawed by it.
  • (19) Initially, the Welsh team seemed to find it hard to play to John Charles, almost as if they were overawed.
  • (20) "The height and breadth of them is breathtaking and you really do feel overawed when you're standing beneath them."

Thunderstruck


Definition:

  • (imp.) of Thunderstrike
  • (p. p.) of Thunderstrike

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ultimately, the grand jury decides whether police officers are charged or not charged.” In a 10-page order, Judge Adrine wrote that after viewing surveillance video, which shows Tamir being shot dead within two seconds of Loehmann’s arrival, he was “still thunderstruck by how quickly this event turned deadly”.
  • (2) To say that the news has unsettled the party of which he is now the nominal head would be a gross understatement – thunderstruck, flabbergasted or devastated would be closer to the mark.
  • (3) Unable to process the news, the "thunderstruck and speechless" Banks is thrown out of the family home by Nina in the new storyline.
  • (4) Lievsay was thunderstruck by the combination of ingenuity, artistry, and dogged persistence.

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