—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
Examples of wow in a Sentence
Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Top brass does not need to see Jeanty perform in shorts (video is available) when his game tape is packed with wow moments.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
The Biggest Surprises Jackson threw some wow into the set list for this Las Vegas turn.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The mind-boggling design for the measuring spoon first wowed the Internet in 2016 after a video promoting the Kickstarter campaign went viral and spawned widespread media coverage fawning over the unique design.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
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Interjection
In the meantime, Apple may have to rely on its physical devices to wow consumers.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Top brass does not need to see Jeanty perform in shorts (video is available) when his game tape is packed with wow moments.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
This MacBook Air wows in that department, too, with 128GB of storage available to house important files, apps, and content locally.
—New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2025
The Biggest Surprises Jackson threw some wow into the set list for this Las Vegas turn.
—Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
Brunson wowed in a colorful, matching crop top and skirt, while Anik looked effortlessly cool in a Gucci jacket, black denim and white sneakers.
—Kelsie Gibson, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
The mind-boggling design for the measuring spoon first wowed the Internet in 2016 after a video promoting the Kickstarter campaign went viral and spawned widespread media coverage fawning over the unique design.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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