agape

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Kelly smacked the ball so hard off Rosenthal’s face that it doubled over the Texas transfer in midair, Kelly’s Loyola teammates walking away with mouths agape.

From Los Angeles Times

It loudly shattered into more than 100 pieces, quickly drawing the attention of fair-going aesthetes who gathered around with mouths agape and cellphones poised.

From Los Angeles Times

Together, Cyrano and Christian add up to a perfect man — word and image, spirit and flesh, agape and eros — but only insofar as they succeed in deceiving Roxanne.

From New York Times

He’d writhed in pain, mouth agape in a scream, clutching at his left knee.

From Los Angeles Times

He observes, “You cannot have a rational discussion of evil outside of agape love” — the kind of self-surrendering love for others that is supposed to be at the heart of the Christian life.

From New York Times