ecstasy

Example Sentences

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You have avoided great depths of despair and panic, and even greater heights of self-congratulation and ecstasy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

But his miss and Senegal's subsequent goal in extra time were met with ecstasy in Dakar.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Traditional Latin prayers sung by men have a heavy, chant-like ominousness; the two female angels who appear in the visions convey an urgent, slightly dissonant ecstasy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Using songs based on real Shaker hymns, the movie’s most technically ambitious and narratively gratifying scenes depict these vigorous motions as communal expressions of hunger, obedience, grief, devotion and ecstasy.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

That time of ecstasy for me and three of my brothers, each of us with a birthday that month, plus Halloween to look forward to.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly