ecstasy

They agreed that being exactly right all of the time wasn’t worth the misery of waiting so long to witness a goal—and then being robbed of that moment of ecstasy when it gets overturned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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

Write some of this century’s most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

If it was Everton equalising there at the end, it would be pure ecstasy but the fact of City nicking a point from the jaws of defeat feels like a punch in the gut.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

At times he’d be overcome by sudden ecstasy and prance about on high rocks, or skip along the limbs of trees, shouting meaningless syllables.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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 the BBC after hosting his final Match of the Day on Sunday, was the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

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

The young men seem to signify possible paths for Lennie: Toby offers solace and a safe link to Bailey; Joe means new ecstasies, a moving on from the torment.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

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