He was vastly more sexually experienced than David, and once he had recovered from the initial awe of Tara's beauty, he launched an insidious but determined assault on the fortress of her virginity.

However often a suburban kid visits the city, the initial awe and wonder at the scale and complexity of New York may never be lost.

But after my initial awe passed, I began to question why our federal government would commission such an intimidating (and expensive) public courthouse as a monument that very much delivers the message of letting you know who's boss?

The two uniforms who'd been sent to check things had already pushed their way into the outer lobby and were gaping at the scenery, but covered up their initial awe pretty fast.

She stayed in a hostel and soon got over her initial awe at being in the big city.

His initial awe, at seeing Gammage had eased.

Sallah said, feeling impious and wanting to regain her equilibrium after her initial awe.

Achmed remembered his initial awe and terror.

The friends couldn't figure it out, but after the initial awe wore off, she said, they came up with the explanation that the club had to have "a quota of normals to balance the freaks."

When at last his initial awe had passed, he noted the other lances that decorated the walls around him.