Awe-stricken

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of awestricken (“awestruck”). alt-of, alternative

    "While the children, scarcely awake, awe-stricken at her manner, their eyes growing larger and larger, remained in this position, she took the baby from her bed— […]"

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"While the children, scarcely awake, awe-stricken at her manner, their eyes growing larger and larger, remained in this position, she took the baby from her bed— […]"

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