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sublimity

[suh-blim-i-tee] / səˈblɪm ɪ ti /
















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You can layer the soap with its corresponding perfume, body lotion and hand cream to build intensity, or, like the other Dries items in your collection, let it stand alone in its sublimity.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Featuring inspired vocal performances by Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal and a deep cast of animation veterans, Chris Sanders’ warm adventure approaches sublimity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

In its finest moments, "John & Paul" deftly captures the sublimity and heartbreak of The Beatles’ story.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2025

But when Cootie finally leaves the house as a teenager, he falls in love with this world, in all its sublimity and stupidity.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

The sublimity of self-sacrifice activating the Cheerleaders overwhelmed him.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

It's a buddy movie shot in soft light that aspires to comfort an older generation while informing the young that life's messiness and sublimities don't end at 40.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2018

It is a testament to Forman’s fascination with the foibles and sublimities of the human spirit, and how cunning and tenderness, along with enduring passion, play out against our cruelties and better angels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2018

“Likeness” encompasses such sublimities as Donatello’s painted terra-cotta bust of an Italian aristocrat, which shines with aloof sensitivity, and Rodin’s breathtaking translucent “Mask of Hanako II Type E,” which seems the soul incarnate.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2018

“Mel Allen’s life was one long, extended, exhaustive, triumphant prayer,” he said, “a call to us to see the sublimities of the stolen sign or the first seasonal shifts of the wind.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2010

His love of adventure had its impulses, not in the excitement of the gay world, but in the beauties, harmonies, and sublimities of nature.

From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward




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