—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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Megan McCluskey, Time, 25 July 2025
The next time everyone gets together, wow them with Our Best Lasagna which is designed to be the cheesiest and the easiest of them all.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The wow factor fades fast, but the price tag doesn’t.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Named by Travel + Leisure editors as one of the best places to visit in 2025, Nicaragua wows with everything from white-sand Caribbean islands and centuries-old churches to immense biodiversity in its untouched rainforests.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
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Interjection
With Shooter, there's such a level of like, wow, this guy is truly evil but he's so fully realized.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 25 July 2025
The next time everyone gets together, wow them with Our Best Lasagna which is designed to be the cheesiest and the easiest of them all.
—Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
Noun
Nobu Hotel Toronto, which launched last month, is a stunning fusion of Japanese elegance and contemporary Canadian design and certainly has the wow factor.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The wow factor fades fast, but the price tag doesn’t.
—Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
Bolden’s returning ability keeps him in play, and Fleming’s range wowed the crowd Monday on a deep ball from Howell.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2025
Named by Travel + Leisure editors as one of the best places to visit in 2025, Nicaragua wows with everything from white-sand Caribbean islands and centuries-old churches to immense biodiversity in its untouched rainforests.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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