rapture
Example Sentences
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There have been dozens of false rapture dates that have popped up over the decades, sure.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2025
In Disney, Dudamel’s “Resurrection” had the quality of rapture in surround sound.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025
Let’s replace Broadway with a bunch of rinks—and ask Stanley Cup hockey teams to send us all into the riveted rapture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025
His ideas were "received with rapture" by the prime minister's secretary PN Dhar.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025
The changes have awarded me a rapture that comes only when you can no longer be lied to, when you have rejected the Dream.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.