How do you use the word "awesome" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "awesome": This concert was awesome. We're quite insignificant, but awesome nevertheless.

Awesome Meaning

/ˈɔː.səm/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjCausing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

adjExcellent, exciting, remarkable.

Sentence Examples

This concert was awesome.

We're quite insignificant, but awesome nevertheless.

It was awesome to meet you in real life!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

awful amazing impressive

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

We had an ____ time exploring the ancient ruins together.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The concert was truly ____, and the whole crowd was cheering loudly.

Word Origin & History

From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terror, terrible”), from Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”). The oldest meaning of awesome is of “something which inspires awe”, but the word is now also a common colloquial expression. It was originally so used in the United States, where it had featured strikingly in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, as used by Japan's Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto to describe the "awesome" industrial potential of the United States. Consequently, as the word popularly became an expression for anything superb, in its original meaning it has tended to be replaced by the related word, awe-inspiring.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She." — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"I think that the most fearsome attribute of these awesome creatures is their silence and the fact that one never sees them—nothing but those baleful eyes glaring unblinkingly out of the dark void behind." — 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “The Eyes in the Dark”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 227:

"Certainly it is awesome to think of a nation that brings its powers of persuasion against a woman's right to conceive." — 1984 February 14, John Corry, “Birth Curb in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

"“Congratulations, President Trump,” Netanyahu said in a video statement immediately following the U.S. attack. “Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history.”" — 2025 June 25, Daniel Estrin, quoting Benjamin Netanyahu, “Israel was once deterred from striking Iran. Now Netanyahu takes a victory lap”, in NPR:

"Awesome! Totally awesome! All right, Hamilton!" — 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, spoken by Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn):

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