ethereal

Example Sentences

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Over an ethereal electric guitar accompaniment, he read his poem “Lumbering Now,” about furtive love between young people in a movie theater:

From New York Times

Available in white or bright orange, the lamp looks like an ethereal, glowing mushroom.

From Seattle Times

In the end, he reminds us that if we have to die—and nature dictates that we must—we might as well gain something ethereal out of the experience.

From Salon

Lightman seems very concerned to exclude the possible “intervention of some additional ethereal or psychic force” in his account of the relation between brain and consciousness.

From Washington Post

The songs marry her ethereal voice to strong dance hooks, from the ’80s-inspired “By the End of the Night” and “Just 4 You” to the modern pop of “Cure for Love.”

From Seattle Times