beatific

Example Sentences

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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

When the crowd started chanting "lock him up" when Clinton mentioned Trump's felony convictions and she smiled beatifically the crowd roared —- she had earned that.

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times