—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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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Zigzagging through the Norwegian fjords and pulling into this tiny town, with straight-up-and-down mountains and waterfalls all around you, is just… wow.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
When the power play was at its peak during Bergeron’s time, the wow moments usually came on a one-timer from David Pastrnak on the elbow, or an incredible move by Brad Marchand or Torey Krug coming down form the blue line and making a play.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Use it after cleansing and prepare to be wowed by how smooth your skin feels.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
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Interjection
This cheesy side will wow all your Easter brunch guests.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
Zigzagging through the Norwegian fjords and pulling into this tiny town, with straight-up-and-down mountains and waterfalls all around you, is just… wow.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
Up the wow factor with a cropped trench that’s dialed up to 11.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026
When the power play was at its peak during Bergeron’s time, the wow moments usually came on a one-timer from David Pastrnak on the elbow, or an incredible move by Brad Marchand or Torey Krug coming down form the blue line and making a play.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
The startup that wowed the world with ChatGPT three years ago is no longer the only game in town—competitors like Google and Anthropic are eating into its market share.
—Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
Use it after cleansing and prepare to be wowed by how smooth your skin feels.
—Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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