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
The arrival is at empyrean, announced by a hidden, mystic Los Angeles Master Chorale.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022
Still, there was no prohibition, earthly or empyrean, on laymen entering the ranks, and, here and there, they did.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2018
Charlie Wilson’s empyrean soul on “No Mistakes” solidifies his claim to having the best late-career run since Philip Roth.
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2018
They say he intends to remake the Austrian town of Linz into an empyrean city, the cultural capital of the world.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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