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Examples of overawe
overawe
He's been there a million times before and the big occasions don't overawe him at all.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Air Force One is a favorite tool presidents use to inspire and overawe.
From the newsweek.com
Opening in Baltimore in two weeks and on Broadway in November, the revival does not overawe her.
From the time.com
It was feared that the location was intended to overawe the City.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Having accomplished that, the British government then had attempted to use it to overawe Americans.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Both the Nazis and the Romans employed architecture of colossal dimensions to overawe and intimidate.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Rather than show any sign of magnanimity to Meurer and his staff, he chose to overawe and humiliate them instead.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One still wonders, though, if Ford has to go to special lengths not to overawe co-stars by his screen legend reputation.
From the dailynews.com
I don't think it will overawe Sammy Williams.
From the smh.com.au
- Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
- To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. [from 16th c.]
