beatific

Example Sentences

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A tour of Paris, great action sequences, the always endearing Tom Hanks and a literally beatific conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times

She was usually photographed gazing adoringly up at her husband, often while gathering their children around her in a beatific — and patriarchal — tableau.

From Salon

Pope John Paul II, who had ascended to the papacy in 1978, toured the world like a beatific rock star, preaching the gospel of this new sobriety in football stadiums across the country.

From Los Angeles Times

But the beatific, charismatic painter, who developed a rock-star following, was not all that he seemed.

From Los Angeles Times

As Chapman sang and played guitar, she looked satisfied, serene, almost beatific.

From Los Angeles Times