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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a certain awe" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling of respect or admiration that is somewhat vague or not fully defined.
Example: "As she stood before the ancient ruins, she felt a certain awe at the history that surrounded her."
Alternatives: "a sense of wonder" or "an undeniable reverence."
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I mean this cordially, with a certain awe.
"Those kinda guys never retire," Steinbrenner said, with a certain awe.
However, just because people have a certain awe of composers doesn't mean they understand what we do.
"He makes it like a picnic". Despite their relaxed rapport, Mr. Reilly admits to a certain awe for his friend.
"There is a certain awe that I continue to hold when I consider the courage, tenacity, audacity of the civil-rights leaders of that time.
"I felt a certain awe," Mr. Turner, 70, a retired cable television executive who lives in Breezy Point, Queens, said in an interview.
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I will never forget his look of disbelief and disgust, mingled, I think, with a certain renewed awe at the enormities that out-of-towners were capable of.
The candidate stood with obvious pride and what seemed like a certain boyish awe as Mr. Rollins called Mr. Huckabee's communication skills "as close as anyone comes" to those of his former boss, Ronald Reagan.
Democrats these days speak with a certain respectful awe about the persistence, ferocity and scope of the Republican Party's mobilization, citing, for example, how local party workers at one point staked out virtually every court clerk's office to act as an early warning system for surprise motions or orders.
The students, too, expressed a certain amount of awe.
But Bauman is a temple of sorts, a place to feel a certain kind of awe.
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