ecstasy
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Dance movies marvelously translate primal emotions into motion, the human body becoming a supple instrument deftly communicating the pain, ecstasy and confusion of being alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
He echoes throughout her work, in her sense of ecstasy, in how she exalts the world around her, down to the humble leaf of grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Relief and ecstasy were etched across every Paraguay supporter's face.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The study of the heavens brought Ptolemy a kind of ecstasy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Gary Lineker, who will leave Match of the Day at the end of this season, BBC News understands, has been the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
And Macelaru delivered the triumphant climb of the finale with finely managed intensity, never letting its ecstasies get out from under the players.
From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022
When I go out, I find myself reaching for wine-colored suede ankle boots with a Cuban heel, as if to court the ecstasies of enchantment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Adèle ran quite wild in the midst of it: the preparations for company and the prospect of their arrival, seemed to throw her into ecstasies.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing ecstasy
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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