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 Translation for 'awe-inspiring' from English to French
VERB   to awe-inspire | awe-inspired | awe-inspired
awe-inspiring | awe-inspires
SYNO amazing | awe-inspiring | awesome | ...
intimidant {adj} {pres-p}awe-inspiring
impressionnant {adj} {pres-p}awe-inspiring
relig.
actions {f.pl} redoutables [littéraire]
awe-inspiring deeds
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Usage Examples English
  • The first influences of African American Culture into hymns came from Slave Songs of the United States a collection of slave hymns, compiled by William Francis Allen, who had difficulty pinning them down from the oral tradition, and though he succeeded, he points out the awe-inspiring effect of the hymns when sung in by their originators.
  • Kirby did not intend Galactus to reappear, to preserve the character's awe-inspiring presence.
  • Tully Falls only run in a big wet season, but the walls of rock and rainforest which plunge 300 m (984 feet) down to the Tully River are still an awe-inspiring sight.
  • It was the largest structure of its type in the world at the time, and was designed to be awe-inspiring and thereby enhance the love of large-scale spectacle that characterised Edwardian London.
  • Georges Dumézil has argued that Summanus would represent the uncanny, violent and awe-inspiring element of the gods of the first function, connected to heavenly sovereignty.

  • The former name Duiwelskloof, Afrikaans for ‘Devil’s ravine’, was possibly given by virtue of the rugged, awe inspiring aspect, or because of the difficulty with which laden wagons trekked through it in the rainy season.
  • The first section also depicts the discovery of an awe-inspiring sarcophagus and the concern and confusion of those that found it.
  • It has been said that the Longsleddale route, "had it ever been built, would have been as dramatic and awe-inspiring as any in Britain".
  • Obomsawin's awe-inspiring and unstoppable dedication to social justice and political documentary."
  • With a large swimming hole at the base of the waterfall, it is an awe-inspiring place to walk to, have a swim or photograph.

  • Yue Jin died in 218, but his cause of death was not documented in historical records. He was given the posthumous title "Marquis Wei" (...), which literally means the "awe-inspiring marquis".
  • The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices.
  • British composer Matthew Taylor composed the orchestral piece "Storr", which takes its name and inspiration from the rock formation, which the composer found awe-inspiring on a visit there.
  • The elegies for Yeats and Freud are partly anti-heroic statements, in which great deeds are performed, not by unique geniuses whom others cannot hope to imitate, but by otherwise ordinary individuals who were "silly like us" (Yeats) or of whom it could be said "he wasn't clever at all" (Freud), and who became teachers of others, not awe-inspiring heroes.
  • His book is not a source in which to check particular facts, but as Goethe wrote: "All of the nimbus, all of the illusions, with which journalists and historians have surrounded Napoleon, vanishes before the awe-inspiring realisms of this book…".

  • Furthermore, Beyoncé's album "Lemonade" has been hailed as awe-inspiring and eye-opening with many of the songs addressing political issues such as racism, stereotyping, police brutality, and infidelity.
  • Dawkins notes that some physicists use 'God' as a metaphor for the general awe-inspiring mysteries of the universe, which causes confusion and misunderstanding among people who incorrectly think they are talking about a mystical being who forgives sins, transubstantiates wine, or makes people live after they die.
  • Kemp described Papas as an awe-inspiring presence, which paradoxically limited her career.
  • This includes the "long range awe inspiring" cannon dated from 1350 and found in the 14th century Ming Dynasty treatise "Huolongjing".
  • With many other souls as his companions, Er had come across an awe-inspiring place with four openings – two into and out of the sky and two into and out of the ground.

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