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awing - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'awing' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Awing [ adv.]
- On the wing; flying; fluttering.
2 . Awing [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Awe

Meaning of 'awing' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . awing [ s]
Meaning (1):
- inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
Example in sentence:
  • New York is an amazing city;
  • the awesome complexity of the universe;
  • the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight;
  • this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath;
  • Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

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