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ecstasy

[ek-stuh-see] / ˈɛk stə si /


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Dance movies marvelously translate primal emotions into motion, the human body becoming a supple instrument deftly communicating the pain, ecstasy and confusion of being alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

An ode to the ecstasy of Scrabble: Do you love hearing someone talk about something they’re really passionate about and know very well, in great intimate detail?

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

He echoes throughout her work, in her sense of ecstasy, in how she exalts the world around her, down to the humble leaf of grass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Irony has little use for ecstasy, but Mac’s specialty is spectacle, and his slow, if showy, disposal of wit brought a new immersive quality to the text and performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Ron, an expression of ecstasy on his face, mounted the broom and zoomed off into the gathering darkness while Harry walked around the edge of the field, watching him.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

The ecstasies of attraction are sublimated into their long conversations about Boethius and Hildegard von Bingen, or about the suddenly debatable issues of contraception and clerical celibacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Gary Lineker, who will leave the BBC after hosting his final Match of the Day on Sunday, was the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

And Macelaru delivered the triumphant climb of the finale with finely managed intensity, never letting its ecstasies get out from under the players.

From Washington Post ● May 13, 2022

Painter Monica Majoli’s latest series captures the blissful ecstasies of living as an epidemic looms on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2020

The pigs were in ecstasies over Napoleon’s cunning.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell




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