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rapturous

How to use rapturous in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for rapturous.

Editorial note

It was like seeing magic made real, only better, rapturous.

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Quick take

feeling great rapture or delight

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

feeling great rapture or delight

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rapturous.

Example sentences

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It was like seeing magic made real, only better, rapturous.

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The memory of the rapturous A&P is still fresh in the mind of a meditator who initially steps into the Dark Night.

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Eventually the conversation ended in an explosion of rapturous laughter from everyone on the bus.

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No other computer company announces new products to rapturous applause.

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Not to mention bearded patriarchs delivering messages of spiritual renewal to the rapturous masses [1].

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My colleague who received it sat for an entire afternoon to parse it and drew a UML activity diagram from it, which he sent back to the mailing list to rapturous thanks.

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Even in the mid 19th century when Charles Dickens visited America to a rapturous welcome he pointed out that he didn't earn a penny from American sales of his work.

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It is as if the rapturous reception by the public increased the resentment among Piketty’s academic economist colleagues.

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It was a rapturous epiphany, I literally turned into a million smiles and my own subconscious welcomed me "home".I know it probably sounds strange to some, but I do consider it a breakthrough.

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Any real argument I hear in favor of anything comes across as a rapturous epiphany, because for the first 18 years of my life until now I have only seen other people choosing their beliefs by copying each other for social reasons.

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In early February, I wrote about the rapturous reception that Orbán had received at a conference of self-declared nationalist and far-right intellectuals—American, Israeli, and European—in Rome.

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""His religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rapturous in a sentence?

It was like seeing magic made real, only better, rapturous.

What does rapturous mean?

feeling great rapture or delight

What part of speech is rapturous?

rapturous is commonly used as adjective.