rapture - use in sentences

Preposition: about

  • rescue: Upon reaching land, the Pope went into raptures about the rescue and said " I give you my blessing for your brave actions.

Converse of object

  • call: We have two passages that give, by all counts, an explicit description of what has been called the rapture.
  • have: Here we have the rapture - rapture " caught up " means to be seized away.
  • expect: But we cannot always expect raptures and high elevations; it is some fruit if it maketh you fall to prayer and holy complaints.

Converse of subject

  • accompany: This stage of jhånacitta is more refined than the third stage of jhånacitta which is still accompanied by rapture.

Adjective modifier

  • careless: He gives himself up freely to his impressions, and there is a fine, careless rapture in his laughter.
  • secret: Dec 2005 at 06:46 Title: Secret Rapture vs. Every Eye Shall See Him Post by Andrew Hemming on 10.
  • such: Do you not know that, in moments of such rapture, lovers see and feel nothing but love?
  • first: Nor is there hint of resurrection accompanying this first rapture.
  • spiritual: To work only for self, to cloister oneself in the seeking of spiritual rapture, is to run from this responsibility.
  • high: Among the chivalrous lovers of Provence, this high rapture received the name of " Joy.

Modifies a noun

  • TV: I first heard this song on rapture TVs R Muzik run but its from ages ago about 2000/2001.
  • index: In this past election several million good and decent citizens went to the polls believing in the rapture index.

Noun used with modifier

  • collection: Last year's winner of the T S Eliot Prize was Carol Ann Duffy, for her collection Rapture ( 2005 ).

Possessives

  • theology: Wright heavily criticized traditional ' rapture ' theology we sees the coming of Christ as an escape from history and creation.

Preposition: of

  • church: Then we await the resurrection at the rapture of the church.
  • love: The embrace of the woman meant rolling on the ground in the rapture of divine love.
  • delight: Their unique blend of voices in unaccompanied singing was received with raptures of delight by the folk fans and music critics alike.

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