rapturous

[ UK /ɹˈæpt‍ʃəɹəs/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæptʃɝəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. feeling great rapture or delight
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How To Use rapturous In A Sentence

  • Such was the rapturous applause that he was dragged out for a second time to take a bow. Times, Sunday Times
  • Trade union barons gave the speech rapturous applause. The Sun
  • He was greeted with rapturous applause. The Sun
  • Wainwright’s concert at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday (and also last night) was not merely a show, but a cultural event that drew a sold-out crowd dotted with celebrities and an audience that held Wainwright in rapturous esteem. Katie Holmes “So You Think You Can Dance” VIDEO (Judy Garland “Get Happy” Tribute)
  • What you get is an absolutely enthralling listen, one built with rapturous conduction and taut harmony.
  • There is little, however, of that rapturous extasy which issues from many a finally most infelicitous husband, some days, weeks, or even months, after the conjugal union. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1
  • There was a rapturous ring of silence abiding perfectly.
  • Rapturous joy was remindful of religious euphoria, as in Pentecostal women of the 1930s.
  • He received rapturous applause as his image was flashed up on the giant screen. Times, Sunday Times
  • This intelligence, which, at any other time, would have been received with rapturous enthusiasm, was listened to under the influence of a counterirritant already at work, with comparative calmness, and its only effect was to cause a postponement of the vote on the laborers 'bill upon the plea of the lateness of the hour, although not without strenuous opposition from the extreme right. Edmond Dantès
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