Explore Overawed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like awed or awestruck. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overawed in a sentence
Overawed meaning
simple past and past participle of overawe
Using Overawed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of overawe
- Useful related words include: awed, awestruck, awestricken, in awe of.
- In the example corpus, overawed often appears in combinations such as: overawed by, easily overawed, be overawed.
Context around Overawed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 4 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overawed
- In this selection, "overawed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, easily, bit, totally and spielberg stand out and add context to how "overawed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit overawed by his and an overawed spielberg couldn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overawed" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overawed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I was totally overawed for those couple of minutes. (9 words)
Gatland believes they were not overawed while flanker Taine Plumtree also disrupted the Springboks line-out. (16 words)
It’s very easy to be overawed by the support that CSK are going to get. (16 words)
Strong, decent on the ball and with a bit of recovery pace, Cleall-Harding looks a fine prospect and – in going face to face with Chong following a feisty coming together in the first half – he clearly isn’t easily overawed. (41 words)
A bit overawed by his royal status, I was rather slow to stop him, so it was lucky that Steve — butler to my father, the Duke of Beaufort — was also at the party. (33 words)
Many teenagers would be overawed by the prospect of moving to such a different environment but Sancho sees such challenges as an integral part of a modern footballer’s career. (30 words)
Example sentences (12)
A bit overawed by his royal status, I was rather slow to stop him, so it was lucky that Steve — butler to my father, the Duke of Beaufort — was also at the party.
Gatland believes they were not overawed while flanker Taine Plumtree also disrupted the Springboks line-out.
I was totally overawed for those couple of minutes.
Strong, decent on the ball and with a bit of recovery pace, Cleall-Harding looks a fine prospect and – in going face to face with Chong following a feisty coming together in the first half – he clearly isn’t easily overawed.
The Dockers did not look overawed by the occasion early, kicking the game’s opening score, but the Crows soon made their presence felt.
It’s very easy to be overawed by the support that CSK are going to get.
Many teenagers would be overawed by the prospect of moving to such a different environment but Sancho sees such challenges as an integral part of a modern footballer’s career.
Like his older brother Tom, Sam does not give the impression that he is easily overawed.
An overawed Spielberg couldn't bring himself to call him Tony, and insisted on addressing him as Sir Anthony throughout the shoot.
Cassius Dio relates that he brought war elephants and heavy armaments which would have overawed any remaining native resistance.
The band were overawed and intimidated by Horn's reputation, and thus were too nervous to make suggestions.
The Emperor celebrated the Easter of 981 in Rome and so overawed the factions that Benedict was able to finish his pontificate in peace.
Common combinations with overawed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- overawed by 5×
- easily overawed 2×
- be overawed 2×