overawed

• “People in England are kind of overawed by that because they're not used to quite that level of self-assurance in their women in public life.”

  CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2009

• “But they said they were "overawed" by the amount of support and practical help they had had from people in Bristol, revealing that they had received many cards and letters of sympathy from well-wishers they had never even met.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “And for a moment the thought rose in my mind, What if he were overawed by this imposing array of power and brains?”

  Chapter 5: The Philomaths

• “I'm overawed with the beauty of some things and incredibly saddened by others.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A New Tour and a New Audience at 70

• “The Greeks were plainly overawed by the display of armed strength and were putting their own rifles away.”

  Charley's Coup

• “I made no sign, but out of the corner of my eye I saw that the Yellow Handkerchief had discovered the emptiness of the pocket which had hitherto overawed him.”

  White and Yellow

• “Handkerchief was overawed, and with surly looks he led three of his men aboard the Reindeer.”

  White and Yellow

• “He certainly didn't look overawed as he stepped on to the first tee and smacked his drive a mile down the fairway.”

  The Guardian: US Open 2011: Rory McIlroy into final round with eight-shot lead

• “A two-wheeler's maintenance can be done anywhere; for a car, you have to take it to the company workshop and many people in that segment are overawed by these workshops.”

  Forbes: Is the Ultra Low-Cost Car Dream Over?

• “Despite the massive amount of muscle power that Microsoft had invested to push OOXML down India's throat, Jaijit refused to be overawed.”

  Digital Sovereignty

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