empyrean

Example Sentences

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The Virgin is opening her arms, about to begin her rise through this nebulous, spiraling vortex toward heaven’s golden, empyrean light.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

He is especially good at describing Catherine’s ascent into the social media empyrean.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

The blushing beauty of the Larghetto was haunted by Barenboim’s light keyboard touch and empyrean mood: he could have been summoning ghosts.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2017

The implication is that “somewhere in the empyrean, infinitely tall, the Chrysler Building is still rising.”

From Washington Post • May 7, 2016

For the gatekeepers of heaven were to review him in state, that they might make their decision: Would this man be a credit to the empyrean?

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen